Iron work-glove sculpture resting on a small bronze crown

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Ogden Nash

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Wanting to escape work sounds simple, but Nash points out the catch. To afford a life without labour, you first have to labour. It's a neat little paradox, joking that laziness ends up demanding plenty of effort.

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