Le travail acharné n'est que le refuge des gens qui n'ont rien [...] - Oscar Wilde

« Le travail, c'est le refuge des gens qui n'ont rien de mieux à faire - Wilde »

Comme la source de la citation « Le travail acharné est simplement le refuge des gens qui n'ont absolument rien à faire.» n'est jamais fournie sur internet (du moins à la rédaction de cette précision le 24/05/2021) la voici (HP . 508 ) 7 The Remarkable Rocket est un court conte de fées qui a été publié pour la première fois en 1888 dans The Happy Prince and Other Tales qui est une collection de cinq contes de fées écrits par Oscar Wilde. The Remarkable Rocket est une parodie de vanité aristocratique et de vanité masculine : Le Prince heureux et autres contes (The Happy Prince and Other Stories) (1888)

Concernant la traduction il est bien fait mention d'un travail dur ou acharné. Source : En anglais : « Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.»

The inflammatory quotation is from a short story of Wilde's, The Remarkable Rocket, in which fireworks and animals are personified. The story has a moral for anyone willing to read it. A supercilious Rocket speaks to a Duck:
'It is quite evident that you have always lived in the country,' answered the Rocket, 'otherwise you would know who I am. However, I excuse your ignorance. It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself. You will no doubt be surprised to hear that I can fly up into the sky, and come down in a shower of golden rain.'
'I don't think much of that,' said the Duck, 'as I cannot see what use it is to any one. Now, if you could plough the fields like the ox, or draw a cart like the horse, or look after the sheep like the collie-dog, that would be something.'
'My good creature,' cried the Rocket in a very haughty tone of voice, 'I see that you belong to the lower orders. A person of my position is never useful. We have certain accomplishments, and that is more than sufficient. I have no sympathy myself with industry of any kind, least of all with such industries as you seem to recommend. Indeed, I have always been of opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

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