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Whenever I hear the phrase "the dignity of work", I'm reminded of Jeffrey Bernard's quote: "As if there was something romantic and glamorous about hard work ..
by jlangenauer 13y ago
Whenever I hear the phrase "the dignity of work", I'm reminded of Jeffrey Bernard's quote:
"As if there was something romantic and glamorous about hard work ... if there was something romantic about it, the Duke of Westminster would be digging his own fucking garden, wouldn't he?"
http://www.rense.com/general56/thevirtueofidleness.htm http://www.rense.com/general56/thevirtueofidleness.htm
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoIsn't gardening a popular hobby amongst the rich?
- theaeolist 13y agoClipping, not digging.
- bluedino 13y ago'Gardening' is quit a bit different than breaking your back to pick 200 bushels of oranges for 14 hours in 90 degree heat.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoAnd being a real estate agent is quite different from breaking your back picking oranges. Yet they're both work.
- lazyjones 13y agoPrince Charles showing off his worn-out gardening coat: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291333/Countryfile-Prince-Charles-shows-coat-patches-complete-holes-tears.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291333/Countryfile-... (he also wrote a couple of books about organic gardening)
- atmosx 13y agoQuoting Aristotle: All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. Anything more than 3 hours of work per day, equates slavery. I don't think the above quotes are absolute, but are hard to argue against. However, I wouldn't expect any other approach from The Economist which content's quality has been growing logarithmically lately.