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title: "3 Spends Leisure Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Spends Leisure quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Spends Leisure sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's not a man's working hours that is important, it is how he spends his leisure time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/it-s-not-a-man-s-working-hours-that-is-important-it-is-how-he-spends/)

[Marilynne Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilynne-robinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/marilynne-robinson-602_hours_it-s-not-a-man-s-working-hours-that-is-i_270659.png)

> [What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/what-is-the-benefit-of-fasting-in-our-body-while-filling-our-souls/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-basil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/saint-basil-4281_absurdity_what-is-the-benefit-of-fasting-in-our-bo_841827.png)

> [The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/the-idea-that-leisure-is-of-value-in-itself-is-only-conditionally/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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