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"It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an apposite moment of mental relaxation, is becoming in the most serious of men, whereas the other is unworthy of any free person, if the content is indecent or the expression obscene."
"The illustrious and noble ought to place before them certain rules and regulations, not less for their hours of leisure and relaxation than for those of business."
"Worst of all, there is no sign of any relaxation of antisemitism. Logically it has nothing to do with Fascism. But the human raceis imitative rather than logical; and as Fascism spreads antisemitism spreads."
"Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life. This life in the present."
"It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work."
"And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living."
"Criticism is, for me, like essay writing, a wonderful way of relaxation; it doesn't require a heightened and mediated voice, like prose fiction, but rather a calm, rational, even conversational voice."
"One of the big no-nos in cyberspace is that you do not go into a social activity, a chat group or something like that, and start advertising or selling things. This etiquette rule is an attempt to separate one's social life, which should be pure enjoyment and relaxation, from the pressures of work."
