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One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.' ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you. ↗

— Nancy Astor

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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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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

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I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work. ↗

— Glenn Close

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Even boredom has its crises. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge. ↗

— Jack LaLanne

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You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

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