Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as nece…

Thomas Jefferson
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Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1984). Jefferson: Writings, p.1245, Library of America
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Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1984). Jefferson: Writings, p.1245, Library of America

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