Why is it that a convict never saves his money? Well, not only is it difficult for him to keep it, but prison life is so miserable that a man, of his very nature, thirsts for freedom of action. His position in society makes him so irregular a being that the idea of swallowing up his capital in orgies, of intoxicating himself with revelry, seems to him quite natural if only he can procure himself one moment's forgetfulness. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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In this quote, Dickens is talking about the typical male of the time. He’s a guy who has money but would rather spend it on alcohol and women than save it. A man of this kind will readily take a job he hates simply because he needs a little extra money.

Source: The House Of The Dead

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