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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 mans friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. – Samuel Butler

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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. – Samuel Butler

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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler

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Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always. – Guy Debord

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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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The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true. – William Inge

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