Quote#Nature
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the…
Quote byJohn Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury · 1834–1913
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Use of Life (1894), ch. IV: Recreation.
English (original)
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time.
— John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
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