William B. Irvine Quotes

We Humans Are Unhappy In Large Part Because We Are Insatiable; After Working Hard To Get What We Want, We Routinely Lose Interest In The Object Of Our Desire. Rather Than Feeling Satisfied, We Feel A Bit Bored, And In Response To This Boredom, We Go On To Form New, Even Grander Desires.

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