"The point is that we are all capable of
believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally
proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right.
Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time:
the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against
solid reality, usually on a battlefield." ― George Orwell, "In Front
of Your Nose," Tribune, March 22,
1946
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