Nguyễn Công Hoan citations

Nguyễn Công Hoan est un écrivain vietnamien né le 6 mars 1903 dans un village du district de Van Giang, dans l'actuelle province de Hưng Yên et mort le 6 juin 1977 à Hanoï . Wikipedia

✵ 6. mars 1903 – 6. juin 1977

Nguyễn Công Hoan: 2 citations 0 J'aime

Nguyễn Công Hoan: Citations en anglais

“Why do you steal, you rascal? Why don't you look for some honest work?"
"Because, sir, I am hungry. Any work that will permit me to feed myself is honest enough for me.”

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Nguyễn Công Hoan

Dead End (or Impasse, 1938), as quoted in Understanding Vietnam by Neil L. Jamieson (University of California Press, 1995), p. 159

“You talk like a fellow with some education, like someone who knows how to use his head. If you wanted to lead a decent and proper life, there are all sorts of things you could do. Why do you choose to steal?"
"Sir, I know this is a perilous occupation, and I am familiar with many a way to earn an honest bit of money. But the world wouldn't let me live in peace, so that's why I naturally turned to crime."
"What a strange way to talk!"
"That is so, sir, but it's true. I went to live with people, but they didn't take care of me. I learned to do things, and people gave me no chance to do them. Every family I met treated me badly. People weren't nice to me, so I became an enemy of the people. Now I force people to give me what I need in my life.”

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Abandonment (1937), as quoted in Understanding Vietnam by Neil L. Jamieson (University of California Press, 1995), ISBN 978-0520916586, pp. 158–159

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