Quote by Samuel Butler
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than t

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. – Samuel Butler

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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing. – Samuel Butler

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Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know. – Samuel Butler

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Boredom: the desire for desires. – Leo Tolstoy

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I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself. – Jules Renard

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Boredom is an emptiness filled with insistence. – Leo Stein

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People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. – Jeremy Collier

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