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“And if a diversion is needed, why not arrest a general? Arthur Dillon is a friend of eminent deputies, a contender for the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Front; he has proved himself at Valmy and in a halfdozen actions since. In the National Assembly he was a liberal; now he is a republican. Isn't it then logical that he should be thrown into gaol, July 1, on suspicion of passing military secrets to the enemy?”

“I seek in the reading of books, only to please myself, by an honest diversion.”

Book Reading Honest Please Books And Reading Diversion

Book:Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays

Source: Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays

“Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over Europe in cultivated pastimes: sonneteering, the lute, games and acrostics, travel, gentlemanly studies and sports, hunting and hawking, treated as arts.”

Art Games Lost Sports Study Europe Function Treated Hunting Leisure Nobility Renaissance Pastime Diversion Gentlemanly

Book:Venice observed

Source: Venice observed

“Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.”

Important Beautiful Opera Diversion

Author:Luciano Pavarotti

“The committee discloses that even after the U.S. government learned of the diversion of U.S. designs for nuclear warheads in late 1995, the Clinton Administration failed to take steps immediately to improve security.”

Government Steps Security Design Late Clinton Nuclear Administration Committees Nuclear War Diversion

Author:Charles Bass

“The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995.”

Firsts States Government United United States Design Late Nuclear Nuclear War State Government Diversion United States Government

Author:Charles Bass

“I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically.”

People Thinking Should Believe Made Important Jobs Growth Issues Economic Focused Officials Our Society Economic Growth Diversion Elected Officials

Author:Jeb Bush

“Poorer people tend to watch more television because they can't afford other diversions.”

People Watches Television Diversion

Author:Ken Auletta

“Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose.”

Writing Book Prose Poetry Is Book Writing Diversion

Author:Jerry B. Jenkins