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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other read more
The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.
What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.
This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.
A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.
How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.
I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.
Leisure is the exultation of the possible.
Leisure is the exultation of the possible.
