A Quote by Heinrich Heine
From every Englishman emanates a kind of gas, the deadly choke-damp of boredom.
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I appeal to the chemists to discover a humane gas that will kill instantly and painlessly. In short- a gentlemanly gas deadly by all means, but humane, not cruel.
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I suppose kids probably know less boredom these days - or at least a different kind of boredom.
When you were a child, where boredom could actually get to be painful. Sociopaths experience that kind of pain in boredom. And so to be alone, to have nobody to play the game with, can be painful. It's not exactly fear, it's a kind of pain.
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I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas... I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes... It is not necessary to use only the most deadly gases: gases can be used which cause great inconvenience and would spread a lively terror and yet would leave no serious permanent effects on most of those affected.
I am in the poison gas business. Advertising should make you choke, make your eyes water, make you feel sick.
We all choke, and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell.
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