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Letter "B" » boredom
«Mayhem achieved, boredom relieved»
«I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.»
«It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.»
Author: Manly Hall
(Author, Founder, Philosopher)
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Disillusionment
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boredom, disillusionment, in turn, naturally
«One wonders what would happen in a society in which there were no rules to break. Doubtless everyone would quickly die of boredom.»
«Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.»
Author: Coco Chanel
(Fashion designer)
| About:
Boredom,
Passion
| Keywords:
boredom, flee, jump, jump out, The Object of
«I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.»
Author: Isaac Asimov
(Biochemist, Writer)
| About:
Boredom
| Keywords:
afterlife, boredom, fearing, tortures
«One must chose in life between boredom and suffering»
«One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it --those quarter-hours of profoundest contemplation within oneself and nature. He who completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches himself against himself: he will never get to drink the strongest refreshing draught from his own innermost fountain.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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boredom, contemplation, despondency, draught, draughts, duties, ennui, entrenched, entrenches, fountain, innermost, profoundest, quarter, receives, refreshes, refreshing, such as
«Love fed fat soon turns to boredom»
«In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.»
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