The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
Great business is good; to sit and sip this glass is better. (Chinese)
He that sits among reeds, cuts pipes when he pleases. (German)
He who knows not how to employ his leisure has more cares than the busiest of men. (Roman)
If nothing appears to you delightful without love and sports, then live in love and sports. (Roman)
Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases? (Roman)
Leisure begets vices. (Roman)
Leisure is always a pleasure. (the Editor)
Leisure without literature is death. (Roman)
Our leisure gives us more to do than our business. (Roman)
Seekers of pleasure have no leisure. (the Editor)
The busiest men have the most leisure. (English)
There are as many thousands of different pastimes as there are individuals. (Roman)
There is luck in leisure. (English)
To be entirely at leisure for one day is to be for one day an immortal. (Chinese)
Tranquility is difficult if one has leisure. (Roman)
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