“Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are preparing to use it; when they do not require it, they allow it to remain unbent, for otherwise it would remain unserviceable when the time for using it arrived. So it is with man. If he were to devote himself unceasingly to a dull round of business, without breaking the monotony by cheerful amusements, he would fall imperceptibly into idiocy, or be struck by paralysis” IfsMenUseFallBusinessRoundsDullBowsPreparingCheerfulAmusementMonotonyParalysisIdiocyArchery Author:Herodotus
“At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing.” MenWorldEndsDiesLaughingGoes OnSightAmusementAmusedMisanthropic Author:Nicolas Chamfort
“Dwell not too long upon sports: for as they refresh a man that is weary, so they weary a man that is refreshed.” MenLongSportsWearyAmusement Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.” MenMayPlayWould BeImagineGladImagine ThatAmusementViolinTrumpets Book:If I lived my life again Source: If I lived my life again
“There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey.” MenGivingFirstsCertainValuesRaceImagineIgnoranceDutyGeniusFameCriticsEnvyAmusementPreyAvenuesHinderReceptionSentinels Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius
“You should often amuse yourself when you take a walk for recreation, in watching and taking note of the attitudes and actions of men as they talk and dispute, or laugh or come to blows with one another... noting these down with rapid strokes, in a little pocket-book which you ought always to carry with you.” MenShouldLittlesBookActionWalksAttitudeLaughingOughtNotesBlowPocketsStrokesAmusementDisputesRapidsRecreation Author:Leonardo da Vinci