Terry Pratchett. To arms! To arms! (№ 6223)

Good shoes are used for many years - here's the thing. The person who can afford to pay for a pair of shoes for fifty dollars, feet stay dry and in ten years, while the poor, who have simply no money and who buys the cheapest footwear, in the same period of time spends on shoes a hundred dollars - AND STILL WALKS WITH WET FEET.