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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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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. – Samuel Butler

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Dreams
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A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which life will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind. – Samuel Butler

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Boredom is an emptiness filled with insistence. – Leo Stein

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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. – Richard Bach

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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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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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