Simon Nicolas Henri LinguetThinkers

Need (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the most terrible and imperious of masters: it makes the mason build houses he will never live in and sends him to his knees to beg permission to make the rich man richer.

Wage labor (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be worse than slavery: the slave was precious for what he had cost his master, while the free worker costs the employer nothing — "He is free, you say. Ah! That is his misfortune."