The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the
bore.
-- Samuel Butler (1835-1902), "The Fair Haven", 1873
bore.
-- Samuel Butler (1835-1902), "The Fair Haven", 1873
Related:
- An honest God's the noblest work of man.
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Samuel... - A bore is a man who talks so much about
himself that
you can't talk about yourself... - The biggest bore is the person who is bored by everyone and everything.
Frank... - Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
-
Samuel... - Every man who is high up likes to think he has done it all himself,
and the wife smiles and lets it go at that. -- J.M... - Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done
it all himself,
and the wife smiles and lets it go at that. --... - The chicken was the egg's idea of getting more eggs.
Samuel... - There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.
William James ['Varieties of Religious Experience'... - All's fair in love and war -
What a contemptible lie...
From the same category:
- Did you hear about the shepherd who drove his sheep
through town and was given a ticket for making a ewe... - Man is a blind, witless, low-brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts
lesions upon the earth.
- Ian... - Amarie: "And what do you want from me?"
Riker: "I was hoping you might know his business partners."
Amarie:
"And why should I help you?" Riker: "To be honest,... - It takes all sorts of in & out-door schooling to get adapted
to my kind of fooling.
Robert... - Couldn't myself have better
it said...
