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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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There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds. – James Russell Lowell

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

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