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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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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. – Samuel Butler

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Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them. – Samuel Butler

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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. – Samuel Butler

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Boredom is an emptiness filled with insistence. – Leo Stein

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Boredom: the desire for desires. – Leo Tolstoy

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Whats wrong with being a boring kind of guy? – George Bush

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

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