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" Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

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" A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes. "

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" In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods. "

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" They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person. "

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" Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. "

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" A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. "

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