Amusement is the waking sleep of labor. When it absorbs thought, patience, and strength that might have been seriously employed, it loses its distinctive character and becomes the taskmaster of idleness.
— Willmott
Amusement turns harmful when it consumes the energy meant for serious work.
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"I am tired of going to school," said Herbert Allen to William Wheeler, the boy who sat next to him. "I don't see any gr…
— Unknown
Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown.
— Saadi Shirazi
There was once two lumberjacks who challenged each other to see which one could cut down more trees in a day? At daybrea…
— Unknown
It is a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves, work harder at the task than most people do in earnin…
— H. More
I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep people from vice.
— Dr. Johnson
Conscience is a playback of the still small voice that told you not to do it in the first place.
