Though waiters always die poor, they have long runs of luck occasionally.
down And Out In Paris And Londonby george Orwell
A smart hotel is a place where 100 people toil like devils in order that 200 may pay through the nose for things they do not really want.
He might be ragged and cold, or even starving, but so long as he could read, think and watch for meteors, he was, as he said, free in his own mind.
According to his theory, foreigners were responsible for unemployment.
Indeed, when one sees how tramps let themselves be bullied by the workhouse officials, it is obvious that they are the most docile, broken-spirited creatures imaginable.
If you set yourself to it, you can live the same life, rich or poor, you can still keep on with your books and your ideas. You just got to say to yourself, “I’m a free man in here” — he tapped his forehead — and you’re all right.
