Boredom becomes true for someone only when it is opposed or annulled from a point of view that favours industry, or idleness.
 Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or (1843). copy citation

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Author Søren Kierkegaard
Source Either/Or
Topic boredom idleness
Date 1843
Language English
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Note Translated by Alastair Hannay
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