the untold stories

May 15, 2012 10:53 am

Beggars: a fairly harmless parasite

“Beggars do not work, it is said; but then, what is work? A navvy works by swinging a pick. An accountant works by adding up figures. A beggar works by standing out of doors in all weathers and getting varicose veins, bronchitis etc. It is a trade like any other; quite useless, of course — but, then, many reputable trades are quite useless. And as a social type a beggar compares well with scores of others. He is honest compared with the sellers of most patent medicines, high-minded compared with a Sunday newspaper proprietor, amiable compared with a hire-purchase tout-in short, a parasite, but a fairly harmless parasite. He seldom extracts more than a bare living from the community, and, what should justify him according to our ethical ideas, he pays for it over and over in suffering.”

— George Orwell. Down and Out in Paris and London (1933). Ch XXXI.

10:43 am
"It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you."

George Orwell. Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)
10:41 am
"Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry."

George Orwell. Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)
10:33 am May 2, 2012 6:11 pm

Pada saat itu gurun pasir tertawa

Seorang nabi menyerukan, “Kita harus sampai di negeri yang diberkati dan dijanjikan!” Pada saat itu gurun pasir tertawa.

Ketika tujuan jadi asal muasal yang mendefinisikan sebuah perjalanan, tertawa, dari manapun datangnya, penting. Jalan sang nabi sempit. Gurun mengajaknya bergurau dan menikmati luas.

(Goenawan Mohamad. Tuhan & Hal-hal yang Tak Selesai, no. 19)

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