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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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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science. – Samuel Butler

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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. – Samuel Butler

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All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. – Samuel Butler

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The best cure for boredom is hard work. – Proverb

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Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. – Evelyn Waugh

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A yawn is a silent shout. – G. K. Chesterton

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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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