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Quote by H.L. Mencken
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastl

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. – H.L. Mencken

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We often forgive those who bore us, but never those whom we bore. – Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims

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