Quotes by Leisure Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living. Marcus Tullius Cicero leisure work men It's not a man's working hours that is important, it is how he spends his leisure time. Marilynne Robinson leisure important men I used to go to the gym regularly and swim an awful lot, but that was when I was unemployed and knew leisure intimately. Mark Gatiss leisure awful swim Man works when he is partially involved. When he is totally involved he is at play or leisure. Marshall McLuhan leisure play men the wasting of time is the most personal, most private, most intimate form of conversation with oneself, as well as with another. Mary Ruefle leisure intimate time What shelter to grow ripe is ours? What leisure to grow wise? Matthew Arnold leisure shelter wise Leisure unmasks our weaknesses. Mason Cooley leisure weakness Publish in haste and repent at leisure. Mason Cooley repent leisure haste Unemployment diminishes people. Leisure enlarges them. Mason Cooley leisure unemployment people And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain. Therefore, Farewell. Michel de Montaigne leisure farewell book Satiety comes of too frequent repetition and he who will not give himself leisure to be thirsty can never find the true pleasure of drinking Michel de Montaigne leisure drinking giving Be temperate in your work, but don't carry the patience over into your leisure hours. Monty Woolley leisure hours leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work. Nan Fairbrother leisure mind attitude For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight. Nassim Nicholas Taleb leisure philosophical insight I can say that I don't have a lot of leisure time, just sitting around doing absolutely nothing, but that's okay. Nicholas Sparks leisure okay sitting I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, were it not for making living, which is rather a nouciance. Ogden Nash insouciance nonchalance leisure The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified. Oliver DeMille leisure rome entertainment Nothing adds to a person's leisure time like doing things when they are supposed to be done. Orlando Aloysius Battista leisure done add Men cannot labor on always. They must have recreation. Orville Dewey recreation leisure men Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect. Ovid leisure bows temptation «23456789101112»