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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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If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. – 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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