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What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare? – William H. Davies

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It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful. – W. H. Auden

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Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen. – Leonardo DaVinci

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How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward. – Proverb

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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. – William Cowper

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