A man who lets himself be bored is ever more contemptible than the bore. Samuel Butler Boredom You May Also Like Society is now one polished horde / Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. By Lord Byron Boredom If you can’t stand solitude, maybe you bore others too. By Bob Gordon Boredom Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen. By Ambrose Bierce Boredom We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull. By Joseph Addison Boredom, Seriousness Now when I bore people at a party, they think it’s their fault. By Henry Kissinger Boredom He says a thousand pleasant things, but never says “Adieu.” By J. G. Saxe Boredom You May Also Like from Samuel Butler He was born stupid and greatly improved his birthright. By Samuel Butler Ignorance, Stupidity As there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, so also there is but one from the ridiculous to the sublime. By Samuel Butler Sublime Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. By Samuel Butler Deception, Funny, Lies You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. By Samuel Butler Faith, Inspirational, Positive The advantage of doing one’s praising for oneself is that one can lay it on thick and exactly in the right places. By Samuel Butler Funny, Praise Youth is like spring, an overpraised season. By Samuel Butler Spring, Youth
Society is now one polished horde / Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. By Lord Byron Boredom
We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull. By Joseph Addison Boredom, Seriousness
As there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, so also there is but one from the ridiculous to the sublime. By Samuel Butler Sublime
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. By Samuel Butler Deception, Funny, Lies
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. By Samuel Butler Faith, Inspirational, Positive
The advantage of doing one’s praising for oneself is that one can lay it on thick and exactly in the right places. By Samuel Butler Funny, Praise