A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then...
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Leo Tolstoy
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
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John Lubbock
Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that...
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Elisabeth Elliot
Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business.
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Julian Barnes
Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.
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More Quotes By Francis Quarles
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
Let all thy joys be as the month of May.
As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.... Set the allowance against the loss and thou shalt find no loss great.
The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.
If thy daughter marry well thou hast found a son if not thou hast lost a daughter.
