The internet doesn't agree on this matter, and I can't get a concrete source, but Pascal is said to have quipped:
"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone."
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trapped on the edge of japanese culture.
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The original is,
"Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer au repos, dans une chambre."
It is in the first paragraph of #139 of the Pensées (Edition Brunschvicg)
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