“ 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, Down and Out in Paris and London (1933). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
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| Source | Down and Out in Paris and London |
| Topic | money work |
| Date | 1933 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100171.txt |
Context
“His interludes from tramping, the times when he had somehow laid hands on a few shillings, had all been like this; the tramping itself had been slightly worse. Listening to his whimpering voice–he was always whimpering when he was not eating–one realised what torture unemployment must be to him. 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. An educated man can put up with enforced idleness, which is one of the worst evils of poverty. But a man like Paddy, with no means of filling up time, is as miserable out of work as a dog on the chain.”
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