As Christopher Marlowe's Faust learned the hard way, wishing for a moment of bliss to say "the same” indefinitely is guaranteed to procure indefinite commitment to hell instead of indefinite happiness. ... A state of rest would not be a state of happiness but of boredom. (Zygmunt Bauman)

As Christopher Marlowe's Faust learned the hard way, wishing for a moment of bliss to say "the same” indefinitely is guaranteed to procure indefinite commitment to hell instead of indefinite happiness. ... A state of rest would not be a state of happiness but of boredom.

Zygmunt Bauman

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