“True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.”

—  Wilhelm Von Humboldt

As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) edited by Tryon Edwards

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German (Prussian) philosopher, government functionary, dipl… 1767–1835

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