Lucian's father had warned him to fear idle men. Without the pride gained from a good day's work, they were left to their vices and the doubts that crowded their head. Their hatred. Their envy.

Melina Marchetta
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Lucian's father had warned him to fear idle men. Without the pride gained from a good day's work, they were left to their vices and the doubts that crowded their head. Their hatred. Their envy.

Lucian's father was speaking of unemployment and the sadness that was felt when a man stopped working for a living. It was an empty feeling; not much better than that of a woman who had never seen the face of her husband and suffered from loneliness and depression. Lucian's father was warning Lucian to beware of those men who spend all their time doing nothing but indulging in their own vices and hatreds, which can lead them to doubt themselves and people who are around them as well as take away their pride in what they do for a living.

Source: Quintana Of Charyn

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