"The best in business spend far more time on learning than in leisure."
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"The fight against unfair scheduling is like the fight for a regulated work day - it's people fighting for reasonable conditions at work and to have a life, so you can have some leisure."
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"If only I had thought of a Kodak! I could have flashed that glimpse of the Under-world in a second, and examined it at leisure."
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"I want leisure to read—an immense amount."
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"Destroy our leisure and you break love's bow."
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"Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro."
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"Neither in thy actions be sluggish nor in thy conversation without method, nor wandering in thy thoughts, nor let there be in thy soul inward contention nor external effusion, nor in life be so busy as to have no leisure."
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"Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living."
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"... acquired tastes are the mark of the man of leisure."
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"Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in."
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"Leisure is being allowed to do nothing."
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"To hurry through one's leisure is the most unbusiness-like of actions."
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"A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor."
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"A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence."
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"It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work."
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"If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite as leisure."
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"You can speed up your life if you want to - that's easy. Winding down is what's hard."
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"A life of complete leisure is the hardest work of all."
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"And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain. Therefore, Farewell."
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