All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

The finest amusements are the most pointless ones.

The finest amusements are the most pointless ones.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interresting doing nothing than doing anything.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interresting doing nothing than doing anything.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that read more

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace

Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.

Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.