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George Orwell on Money

1903–1950

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9 quotes

Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.

Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)

And now abideth faith, hope, money, these three; but the greatest of these is money.

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)

No rich man ever succeeds in disguising himself as a poor man; for money, like murder, will out.

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)

When you have no money your life is one long series of snubs.

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)

There is only one way to make money at writing, and that is to marry a publisher's daughter.

Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)

If you have no money, men won't care for you, women won't love you; won't, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters.

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)

Social failure, artistic failure, sexual failure - they are all the same. And lack of money is at the bottom of them all.

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)

In a country like England you can no more be cultured without money than you can join the Cavalry Club.

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Orwell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.