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Quote by William Cowper
I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to disput

I am monarch of all I survey,
My right there is none to dispute on;
but I wish that I could get away
And go home to the village of Bruton. – 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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Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. – William Cowper

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Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. – William James

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The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work. – Elbert Hubbard

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Laughter is an instant vacation. – Milton Berle

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Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated. – Mason Cooley

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There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it. – Miguel de Cervantes

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The moment a man claims a right to control the will of a fellow being by physical force, he is at heart a slaveholder. – Henry C. Wright, The Liberator, 7 April 1837

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