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Leisure Quotes by William Hazlitt
- The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
- The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little…
- Whatever is placed beyond the reach of sense and knowledge, whatever is imperfectly discerned, the fancy pieces out at its leisure; and all but the…
- The busier we are the more leisure we have.
More Leisure Quotes
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
- The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television. — Alan Ball
- Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. — Ambrose Bierce
- People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular. — Andrea Bocelli
- I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. — Rita Mae Brown
- To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading. — Jimmy Buffett
- Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never… — Anthony Burgess
- Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. — Lord Byron
- To hurry through one's leisure is the most unbusiness-like of actions. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Leisure without literature is death and burial alive. — Seneca the Younger