A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
休闲
Leisure
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
我们做的越多，我们能做的就越多;我们越忙，就越有空。
We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.
我们离蚂蚁比蝴蝶更近。很少人能忍受太多的闲暇。
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
悠闲的生活和懒惰的生活是两回事。坟墓里会有足够的睡眠。
Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
修院-妇女的退休的地方，谁希望有闲暇沉思的罪恶的懒惰。
In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.
在所有文明人的眼里，休闲生活本身及其后果是美丽而高贵的。
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
闲暇是做有用之事的时间。这种闲暇，勤奋的人能够获得，懒惰的人却永远得不到。
People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
人们变得越来越浅薄。他们把消费、娱乐、休闲和享受作为生活的主要目标。
Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.
如果闲暇和好奇心不被细微的模仿和费力的琐事所分散，它们可能很快就会在有用的知识方面取得巨大的进步。
Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay.
就像这个世界上所有其他的好东西一样，休闲和文化也是要花钱的。然而，幸运的是，付出代价的不是那些闲散和有文化的人。
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.
在任何高度组织化的工业社会中，良好的声誉最终建立在经济实力的基础上;休闲和炫耀性的商品消费是显示经济实力、获得或保持好名声的手段。
Frequent worshippers are also significantly more active citizens. They are more likely to belong to community organizations, especially those concerned with young people, health, arts and leisure, neighborhood and civic groups and professional associations.
经常做礼拜的人也明显是更活跃的公民。他们更可能属于社区组织，特别是那些关心年轻人、健康、艺术和休闲、社区和公民团体以及专业协会的组织。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
如果你想获得闲暇，就好好利用你的时间。
Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
不爱休闲。不要浪费一分钟。是大胆的。此时此地，要认识到真相!
How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.
如何利用你的业余时间是一个球员最大的问题。
Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.
友谊是一种非常费力和艰巨的休闲活动。
Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure.
欺骗来得快，诚实能等到适当的时候。
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
劳动的目的在于获得闲暇。