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A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom from times and tasks more fruitful than his toil has been. – Hamilton Wright Mabie

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Fun is about as good a habit as there is. – Jimmy Buffet

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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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The real problem of leisure time is how to keep others from using yours. – Arthur Lacey

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It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self. – Agnes Repplier

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When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country. – William Hazlitt, Table Talk

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No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange anothers happiness. – Graham Greene

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What I take from my nights, I add to my days. – Leon de Rotrou, “Vencelas,” translated

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