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Leisure

«Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud, a child at play, a Divine mystery, or a waterfall.»
«I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.»
Author: Pierre Reverdy (Poet) | About: Leisure, Time, Work
«Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.»
Author: Thomas Hobbes (Philosopher) | About: Leisure
«Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.»
Author: Branch Rickey | About: Leisure | Keywords: handmaiden, handmaidens
«Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never»
«We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace»
Author: Aristotle (Philosopher, Physician, Scientist) | About: Leisure | Keywords: go to war
«All intellectual improvement arises from leisure»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Leisure | Keywords: arises, improvement, leisure
«Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure»