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Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention. – Oliver Wendell Holmes,Jr.

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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca, “On Tranquillity of Mind”

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We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace. – Aristotle

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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. – Roger von Oech

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Leisure tends to corrupt, and absolute leisure corrupts absolutely. – Edgar A. Shoaff

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