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. (Anthony Burgess)

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.

Anthony Burgess

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