The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. – H.L. Mencken Category: Bores
Bore: A man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company. – Gian Vincenzo Gravina Category: Bores
A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you. – Bert Leston Taylor, The So-Called Human Race Category: Bores
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. – Gerald Brenan Category: Bores
Geniuses are like thunderstorms. They go against the wind, terrify people, cleanse the air. – Soren Kierkegaard Category: Thunderstorms
A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez Category: fathersday
Prosperity or egalitarianism – you have to choose. I favor freedom – you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion. – Mario Vargas Llosa Category: Equality
You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld Category: Women