# Quote — George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying

> Money is the one thing you must never mention when you are with people richer than yourself. Or if you do, then it must be money in the abstract, money with a big 'M', not the actual concrete money that's in your pocket and isn't in mine.

- Author: [George Orwell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell.md)
- Book: [Keep the Aspidistra Flying](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/keep-the-aspidistra-flying.md)
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> He had reached the age when the future ceases to be a rosy blur and becomes actual and menacing.

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> That is the devilish thing about poverty, the ever-recurrent thing - loneliness. Day after day with never an intelligent person to talk to; night after night back to your godless room, always alone. Perhaps it sounds rather fun if you are rich and sought-after; but how different it is when you do it from necessity!

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

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