Leisure is the mother of Philosophy. – Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651
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You philosophers are sages in your maxims, and fools in your conduct. – Madame Gout to Mr. Benjamin Franklin, “Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout,”
Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself. – Socrates, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives
My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down. – Louisa May Alcott, in Life, Letters, and Journals, ed. E.D. Cheney, 1889
I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. Theyre loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions. – Dick Cheney
Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if were scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we dont have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own to do list. – Michelle Obama
