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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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Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. – H.L. Mencken

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It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. – H.L. Mencken

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Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. – Frank Moore Colby

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A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you. – Bert Leston Taylor, The So-Called Human Race

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A bore is a fellow who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. – Henry Ford

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Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week. – William Dean Howells

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