"The student who secures his coveted leisure..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
The student who secures his coveted leisure and retirement by systematically shirking any labor necessary to man obtains but an ignoble and unprofitable leisure, defrauding himself of the experience which alone can make leisure fruitful.
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“What we need to know in any case is very simple.”
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“What can be better than to get out a book on Saturday afternoon and thrust all mundane considerations away till next week.”
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“I enjoy my work so much that I have to be pulled away from my work into leisure.”