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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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Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. – Samuel Butler

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God
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Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of prigs, pedants and professional truth-tellers. The world is an attempt to make the best of Heaven and Hell. – Samuel Butler

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Heaven
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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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Is boredom anything less than the sense of ones faculties slowly dying? – John Berger

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The best cure for boredom is hard work. – Proverb

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Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom ones self to be bored. – Lady Bloomfield

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