In a world which furnishes so many employments which are useful, and so many which are amusing, it is our own fault if we ever know what ennui [boredom] is, or if we are ever driven to the miserable resource of gaming, which corrupts our dispositions, and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind.


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Thomas Jefferson Quotes

In a world which furnishes so many employments which are useful, and so many which are amusing, it is our own fault if we ever know what ennui...

In a world which furnishes so many employments which are useful, and so many which are amusing, it is our own fault if we ever know what ennui...

In a world which furnishes so many employments which are useful, and so many which are amusing, it is our own fault if we ever know what ennui...

In a world which furnishes so many employments which are useful, and so many which are amusing, it is our own fault if we ever know what ennui...