Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery...

What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery...

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in...

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for...

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for...

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a...

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...