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Quote by William Cowper
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind d

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. – William Cowper

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War is a game which were their subjects wise, kings would not play at. – William Cowper

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Rest, Leisure
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It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful. – W. H. Auden

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He has hard work who has nothing to do. – Proverb

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Rest, Leisure

How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward. – Proverb

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If you have no problems at your job you dont have a job youve got a hobby. – Ronald Dunn

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The last part, the part youre now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. – Charles Van Doren

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God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals? – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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