Man is born to live either in the convulsions of unrest or in the lethargy of boredom.
Martin in Candide, Voltaire
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All Voltaire's protagonists in Candide are
beaten, robbed, made a slave, mutilated or killed
during the course of the story,
Martin's turn on that score has been in the far past preceding it,
neither is he ever depicted as getting bored.
Should he have concluded: "Man, except me,..."?