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Amusement Quotes

Are you in want of amusement nowadays? Then play a little at the game of getting a living. There was never anything equal to it. Do it temperately, though, and don’t sweat Picture Quote #1

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park Picture Quote #1

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement Picture Quote #1

Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action Picture Quote #1

All the old history was written for the amusement of the ruling classes. The lower classes couldn’t read, and their rulers didn’t care about remembering what happened to them Picture Quote #1

I refuse to see literature as amusement, as a game. I think that you ought not to approach literature without a moral responsibility for every word you write Picture Quote #1

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The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company Picture Quote #1

He was at a starting point which makes many a man’s career a fine subject for betting, if there were any gentlemen given to that amusement who could appreciate the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose Picture Quote #1

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign Picture Quote #1

Hope is an amusement rather than a good, and adapted to none but very tranquil minds Picture Quote #1

Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I’ve learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity Picture Quote #1

I love sporting events and popcorn and pizza and being outside, like at a baseball or football game. I love amusement parks, going to ride roller coasters Picture Quote #1

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I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient’s friends Picture Quote #1

Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind Picture Quote #1

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it Picture Quote #1

Nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and not the bad ones. We were in the business of mutual amusement, and we were reasonably prosperous Picture Quote #1

I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object Picture Quote #1

Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one’s life in order to amuse oneself Picture Quote #1

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Alas! Our dancing days are no more. We wish, however, all those who have a relish for so agreeable and innocent an amusement all the pleasure the season will afford them Picture Quote #1

Drawing... is an innocent and engaging amusement, often useful, and a qualification not to be neglected in one who is to become a mother and an instructor Picture Quote #1

Let early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to find out the natural bent Picture Quote #1

I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement, making political pursuits yield to the more rational amusement of cultivating the earth Picture Quote #1

... I think it would be so much better for me to learn something which would be useful to me in the army, as well as affording me exercise and amusement Picture Quote #1

It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and tangible benefit Picture Quote #1

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To read was precisely to enter another world, which was not the reader’s own, and come back refreshed, ready to bear with equanimity the injustices and frustrations of this one. Reading was balm, amusement not incitement Picture Quote #1

Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul Picture Quote #1

Pleasure, so called, is the murderer of serious thought. This is the age of excessive amusement. Everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle! Picture Quote #1

There are many things I do for amusement, but for happiness I like to gather up my memories and go for a walk in the rain Picture Quote #1

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public Picture Quote #1

... happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement Picture Quote #1

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Are you in want of amusement nowadays? Then play a little at the game of getting a living. There was never anything equal to it. Do it temperately, though, and don’t sweat (Amusement Quotes) I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park (Amusement Quotes) To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement (Amusement Quotes) Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action (Amusement Quotes) All the old history was written for the amusement of the ruling classes. The lower classes couldn’t read, and their rulers didn’t care about remembering what happened to them (Amusement Quotes) I refuse to see literature as amusement, as a game. I think that you ought not to approach literature without a moral responsibility for every word you write (Amusement Quotes) The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company (Amusement Quotes) He was at a starting point which makes many a man’s career a fine subject for betting, if there were any gentlemen given to that amusement who could appreciate the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose (Amusement Quotes) Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign (Amusement Quotes) Hope is an amusement rather than a good, and adapted to none but very tranquil minds (Amusement Quotes) Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I’ve learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity (Amusement Quotes) I love sporting events and popcorn and pizza and being outside, like at a baseball or football game. I love amusement parks, going to ride roller coasters (Amusement Quotes) I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient’s friends (Amusement Quotes) Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind (Amusement Quotes) While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it (Amusement Quotes) Nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and not the bad ones. We were in the business of mutual amusement, and we were reasonably prosperous (Amusement Quotes) I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object (Amusement Quotes) Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one’s life in order to amuse oneself (Amusement Quotes) Alas! Our dancing days are no more. We wish, however, all those who have a relish for so agreeable and innocent an amusement all the pleasure the season will afford them (Amusement Quotes) Drawing... is an innocent and engaging amusement, often useful, and a qualification not to be neglected in one who is to become a mother and an instructor (Amusement Quotes) Let early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to find out the natural bent (Amusement Quotes) I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement, making political pursuits yield to the more rational amusement of cultivating the earth (Amusement Quotes) ... I think it would be so much better for me to learn something which would be useful to me in the army, as well as affording me exercise and amusement (Amusement Quotes) It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and tangible benefit (Amusement Quotes) To read was precisely to enter another world, which was not the reader’s own, and come back refreshed, ready to bear with equanimity the injustices and frustrations of this one. Reading was balm, amusement not incitement (Amusement Quotes) Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul (Amusement Quotes) Pleasure, so called, is the murderer of serious thought. This is the age of excessive amusement. Everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle! (Amusement Quotes) There are many things I do for amusement, but for happiness I like to gather up my memories and go for a walk in the rain (Amusement Quotes) Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public (Amusement Quotes) ... happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement (Amusement Quotes)

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