Quotes with amusements

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  • Samuel Johnson Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Aristotle Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Samuel Johnson A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Henry David Thoreau A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Billy Graham America is said to have the highest per capita boredom of any spot on earth! We know that because we have the greatest number of artificial amusements of any country. People have become so empty that they can't even entertain themselves. They have to pay other people to amuse them, to make them laugh, to try to make them feel warm and happy and comfortable for a few minutes, to try to lose that awful, frightening, hollow feeling-that terrible, dreaded feeling of being lost and alone.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Samuel Johnson I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep the people from vice.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Honoré de Balzac If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.
    Honoré de Balzac
    French writer (1799 - 1850)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • A. Cornelius Celsus Live in rooms full of light; Avoid heavy food; Be moderate in the drinking of wine; Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics; Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water; Change surroundings and take long journeys; Strictly avoid frightening ideas; Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements; Listen to music.
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  • Sir Joshua Reynolds The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.
    Sir Joshua Reynolds
    British painter (1723 - 1792)
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