The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all.


Eugenics and Other Evils (ed. Booklassic, 2015) - ISBN: 9789635242078

G. K. Chesterton Quotes

The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die ...

The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die ...

The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die ...

The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die ...