Hate work but don't want to take holidays
February 22, 2012 7:17 AM   Subscribe

Quotation/Proverb: returning to the drudge of work after holidays is so painful that it's better not to take holidays, just plough on. Has someone said this in a more well-known/profound/general way? Maybe something about caged birds being happy because they've never known freedom?
posted by Gomoryhu to Writing & Language (2 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
"I need a vacation to recover from my vacation" is a popular lament in my office.
posted by elizeh at 7:51 PM on February 22, 2012


This is the one I've heard:

No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.  - Elbert Hubbard
posted by lunasol at 7:48 AM on February 23, 2012


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