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Leisure: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; The arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave.— POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. III. L. 173.

Few men make themselves Masters of the things they write or speak.— JOHN SELDEN — Table Talk. Learning.

No man is the wiser for his Learning *** Wit and Wisdom are born with a man.— JOHN SELDEN — Table Talk. Learning.

Learning is but an adjunct to ourself And where we are our learning likewise is.— Shakespeare — Love's Labour's Lost. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 314.

O this learning, what a thing it is!— Shakespeare — Taming of the Shrew. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 160.

Well, for your favour, sir, why, give God thanks, and make no boast of it; and for your writing and reading, let that appear when there is no need of such vanity.— Shakespeare — Much Ado About Nothing. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 17.

I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning.— R. B. SHERIDAN — The Rivals. Act I. Sc. 2.

Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return.— BAYARD TAYLOR — To My Daughter.

Much learning shows how little mortals know; Much wealth, how little worldings can enjoy. S.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night VI. L. 519.

Were man to live coeval with the sun, The patriarch-pupil would be learning still.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night VII. L. 86.

And leave us leisure to be good. и.— GRAY — Hymn. Adversity. Sc. 3.

No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief.— HOOD — The Song of the Shirt.

Retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure.— MILTON — Il Penseroso. L. 49.

Mend when thou canst; be better at thy leisure.— Shakespeare — King Lear. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 232.

Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels, How heavily we drag the load of life! Blest leisure is our curse; like that of Cain, It makes us wander, wander earth around To fly that tyrant, thought.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night II. L. 125.