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"I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible."
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Personal Development

"I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming."
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Personal Development

"Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime."
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Personal Development

"If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure."
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"They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together."
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Personal Development

"Nice passion is reading."
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Personal Development

"The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent - I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world."
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"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."
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Personal Development

"Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does."
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"I've cut down on a lot of stuff this summer, just so I can hang out and be a normal kid for a while."
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"The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done."
Duty

"Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom."
Man

"If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give."
Friendship

"Attitudes are more important than facts."
Fact

"It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down."
Man

"Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other."
Friendship

"Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it."
God

"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing."
Man

"Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly."
Trust

"The principle part of faith is patience."
Faith
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