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Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about curiosity, knowledge

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Quote by Thomas Hobbes about opinion, philosophy, mother

The task of organizing and operating a huge and complex educational machinery has left us scant leisure for calm reflection.

Quote by Irving Babbitt

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Quote by Aristotel about politics, glory, happiness, power, life

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

Quote by Aristotel about work, end

Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about man, love

I remember in that red leisure suit I sort of felt like a Pizza Hut employee, and the white one was the ultimate, with the white turtleneck collar, that was the ultimate in bad taste.

Quote by Johnny Depp about bad luck, bad

When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.

Quote by Boy George about culture, home, house, time, things

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about present