Quote by Samuel Butler
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than t

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. – Samuel Butler

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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. – Samuel Butler

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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy — but he who has shown the better temper. – Samuel Butler

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Man is Gods highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. – Samuel Butler

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Boredom is an emptiness filled with insistence. – Leo Stein

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Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. – Evelyn Waugh

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People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. – Jeremy Collier

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Bore — a person who talks when you wish him to listen. – Ambrose Bierce

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