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Boredom Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he feels…
- All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against certain obstacles, and once they are overcome, rest proves intolerable because of…
- Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. It is then that he recognizes…
- Condition de l'homme: inconstance, ennui, inquie tude. Man's condition. Inconstancy, boredom, anxiety.
More Boredom Quotes
- In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
- Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and… — Renata Adler
- The devil's name is dullness. — Robert E. Lee
- Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom. — B.F. Skinner
- The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. — Samuel Butler
- I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. — Thomas Carlyle
- As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom. — Coco Chanel
- My attitude toward progress has passed from antagonism to boredom. I have long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton