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on Saturday, February 4, 2023Meaning of George Orwell Money Quote: saying an unemployed person may need work more than money. George Orwell said:
“People are wrong when they think that an unemployed man only worries about losing his wages; on the contrary, an illiterate man, with the work habit in his bones, needs work even more than he needs money” — George Orwell
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George Orwell: Poverty Frees
on Thursday, October 20, 2022Meaning of George Orwell Money Quote: saying being poor frees one from normal expectations, like money frees from working. George Orwell said:
“Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work” — George Orwell
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George Orwell: Less Money Worry
on Thursday, October 13, 2022Meaning of George Orwell Money Quote: saying as expected, little money means little worry and more increases worry. George Orwell said:
“Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry” — George Orwell
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George Orwell: Lottery a Reason to Live
on Friday, April 6, 2018George Orwell Money Quote saying for all those without any vestiges of hope in their life, the dream of riches won’t die because there’s always the lottery. George Orwell said:
“It was probable that there were some millions of proles for whom the Lottery was the principal if not the only reason for remaining alive. It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant. Where the Lottery was concerned, even people who could barely read and write seemed capable of intricate calculations and staggering feats of memory” — George Orwell
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George Orwell: Money Writes Books
on Thursday, December 7, 2017George Orwell Money Quote saying there is not anything a writer cares about but money because it is at the core of both creation and sale of the work. George Orwell said:
“Money writes books, money sells them. Give me not righteousness, O lord, give me money, only money” — George Orwell
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George Orwell: Money What God Used to Be
on Friday, February 3, 2017George Orwell Money Quote saying We’ve elevated money to a religion that has replaced god and makes those who succeed good and those who fail evil – make good means make bank. George Orwell said:
“Money is what God used to be. Good and evil have no meaning any longer except failure and success. Hence the profoundly significant phrase, to make good” — George Orwell
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George Orwell: Money Worship Religion
on Thursday, February 2, 2017George Orwell Money Quote saying we’ve made money worship our true religion because it is the only thing we still feel has meaning. George Orwell said:
“Money-worship has been elevated into a religion. Perhaps it is the only real religion – the only felt religion – that is left to us” — George Orwell
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George Orwell: Two Money Commandments
on Wednesday, February 1, 2017George Orwell Money Quote saying Money is seen as a religion by all, and has only one commandment for each of two worshippers – for business it is ‘make money’ and for workers it is, ‘stay employed’ no matter the cost to your soul. George Orwell said:
“The decalogue has been reduced to two commandments. One for the employers – the elect, the money priesthood as it were – ‘Thou shalt make money’; the other for the employed – the slaves and underlings’ – ‘Thou shalt not lose thy job.'” — George Orwell
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