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Any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as mens taste a

Any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as mens taste and capacity to live it, has disappeared. Leisure has become entertainment. – Allan Bloom

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Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy? – Allan Bloom

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Ignorance & Stupidity
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Allan Bloom
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There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. – Allan Bloom

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teacher
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A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends. – Cyril Connolly

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Expect poison from standing water. – William Blake

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Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. – Jules Renard

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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. – Proverb

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Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night. – Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it. – Robinson Jeffers

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We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us. – Thomas Merton

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Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them. – Fred Thompson

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