If you work for a man, in heaven's name, work for him.
If he pays you wages which supply you bread and butter, work for him; speak
well of him; stand by him, and by the institution he represents.
If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
If you must vilify, condemn and eternally find disparage -- resign your
position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content...
but, as long as you are part of the institution do not condemn it.
If you do that, you are loosening the tendrils that are holding you to the
institution, and at the first high wind that comes along, you will
be uprooted and blown away, and probably will never know the reason
why.
If he pays you wages which supply you bread and butter, work for him; speak
well of him; stand by him, and by the institution he represents.
If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
If you must vilify, condemn and eternally find disparage -- resign your
position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content...
but, as long as you are part of the institution do not condemn it.
If you do that, you are loosening the tendrils that are holding you to the
institution, and at the first high wind that comes along, you will
be uprooted and blown away, and probably will never know the reason
why.
Related:
- BACKBITE, v.t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find
you.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Jacques: First, you must get to know your lane. Feel the slickness,
feel the slippery finish. Caresses it, experience it... - Kirk: "Bones, why don't you see what you can do for him.
Let him know we're not holding a grudge." McCoy:... - Marge: Homer [knocks again] Homer, why aren't you at work?
Homer: The car won't start. I don't feel very good... - When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work,
ask him: 'Whose?' -- Don... - If you want a man to do fair work for you, let him have fair play.
George... - Never jump on a man unless he is down, and when you do,
make sure that you confuse him by supplying him with... - What they said:
What they meant:
"You will be fortunate if you can get him to work for you."
(We certainly never succeeded.)
There is no other employee with whom I can adequately compare him.
(Well, our rats aren't really employees...) "Success... - You know he's a vampire if your pet rabbit growls
at him...
