Full Idea
To ward off boredom at any cost is vulgar.
Gist of Idea
To ward off boredom at any cost is vulgar
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Gay (Joyful) Science [1882], §042)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Gay Science', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1974], p.108
A Reaction
Ignoring 'vulgar', this is a nice thought. Do affluent retired people now travel so much because they are terrified of boredom? What would they end up doing if they stayed at home and lived through the boredom to something else?