Sultan Aladdin... had few illusions about his own people: amiable, well-favoured, courteous, they loved rest better than industry,... their function was to remind the toiling Chinese, Indians and British of the ultimate vanity of labour.


Time for a Tiger (1956)

Anthony Burgess Quotes

Sultan Aladdin... had few illusions about his own people: amiable, well-favoured, courteous, they loved rest better than industry,... their function...

Sultan Aladdin... had few illusions about his own people: amiable, well-favoured, courteous, they loved rest better than industry,... their function...

Sultan Aladdin... had few illusions about his own people: amiable, well-favoured, courteous, they loved rest better than industry,... their function...

Sultan Aladdin... had few illusions about his own people: amiable, well-favoured, courteous, they loved rest better than industry,... their function...