Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. (Charles Caleb Colton)

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.

Charles Caleb Colton

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