A man can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days. – Attributed to Goethe, by Huebsch
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
Boredom is an emptiness filled with insistence. – Leo Stein
The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. – Norman Mailer
I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself. – Jules Renard
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. – Thomas Szasz
Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true. – William Inge
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. – C.C. Colton
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. – Evelyn Waugh
Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face. – Charlotte Whitton
Boredom is a sickness the cure for which is work; pleasure is only a palliative. – Le Duc de Lévis, Mémoires
The best cure for boredom is hard work. – Proverb
The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The penalty for success is to be bored by people who used to snub you. – Nancy Astor
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. – Richard Bach
Perhaps the worlds second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. – Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton
Is boredom anything less than the sense of ones faculties slowly dying? – John Berger
Bore — a person who talks when you wish him to listen. – Ambrose Bierce
Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom ones self to be bored. – Lady Bloomfield
