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Boredom: the desire for desires. - Leo Tolstoy

Boredom: the desire for desires. – Leo Tolstoy

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Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself. – Leo Tolstoy

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Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies. – Leo Tolstoy

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Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. – Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

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Bore — a person who talks when you wish him to listen. – Ambrose Bierce

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Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. – C.C. Colton

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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. – Richard Bach

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