Leisure

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A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level
Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world
Beware the hobby that eats
Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure
In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are
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