Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Leisure
And leave us leisure to be good.
Gray—Hymn. Adversity. Sc. 3.
No blessed leisure for Love or Hope,
But only time for Grief.
Hood—The Song of the Shirt.
Retired Leisure,
That in trim gardens takes his pleasure.
Milton—Il Penseroso. L. 49.
Mend when thou canst; be better at thy leisure.
King Lear. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 232.
Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels,
How heavily we drag the load of life!
Blest leisure is our curse; like that of Cain,
It makes us wander, wander earth around
To fly that tyrant, thought.
Young—Night Thoughts. Night II. L. 125.