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I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible.
by Marcus V. Polliokeywords: affairs, am, citizens, concise, constant, few, inclined, leisure, may, moments, moreover, much, occupation, possible, private, public, read, reflect, their , understand It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
by Agnes Repplier (Writer, American , born in 1855) keywords: constructs, fabric, his, leisure, lives, man, pleasure, really, self , true The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
by George Bernard Shaw (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1856) keywords: avoid, being, enough, happy, leisure, miserable, only, way, whether , wonder The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.
by George Bernard Shaw (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1856) keywords: being, bother, cure, happy, leisure, miserable, occupation, secret , whether Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
by Swami Sivananda (Philosopher, Indian , born in 1887) keywords: bold, here, leisure, love, minute, now, realize, truth , waste A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.
by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) keywords: beautiful, book, broad, cars, haste, hours, housekeeping, keep, leisure, less, life, makes, man, margin, observe, than, time, universe , waste The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) keywords: air, allowance, copper, finest, gentle, leisure, liberal, steel, stone, their, time, tools, touches, water, workers , working As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.
by Anthony Trollope (Author, English , born in 1815) keywords: conceive, contentment, evening, immediate, leisure, life, must, parent, say, toil, want , which In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.
by Thorstein Veblen (Economist, American , born in 1857) keywords: beautiful, civilised, consequences, ennobling, eyes, itself, leisure, life , men The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.
by Thorstein Veblen (Economist, American , born in 1857) keywords: any, basis, community, conspicuous, consumption, gaining, good, goods, highly, industrial, leisure, means, name, organized, pecuniary, repute, rests, retaining, showing, strength, ultimately , which Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.
by Irvine Welsh (Novelist, Scottish , born in 1961) keywords: afford, basically, books, britain, classes, come, leisure, particularly, tend, thing, time , write All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter, I used to improve myself in winter evenings, and other leisure times.
by John Woolman (Clergyman, American , born in 1720) keywords: evenings, had, having, improve, leisure, lived, myself, other, parents, plantation, planter, pretty, schooling, time, times, used, well, winter , wrought People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
by Zhang Yimou (Director, Chinese , born in 1950) keywords: become, enjoying, entertaining, leisure, life, main, objectives, seeking, spending, their , view
