The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to longwords and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
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This quote is just one of 55 total George Orwell quotes in our collection. George Orwell is known for saying 'The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.' as well as some of the following quotes.
"Political language - and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists - is designed to make lies soundtruthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." -George Orwell
"In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning." -George Orwell
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's 
This quote is just one of 55 total George Orwell quotes in our collection. George Orwell is known for saying 'The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.' as well as some of the following quotes.
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