"Each man reserves to himself alone the right of being tedious."
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"He bore no grudge against those he had wronged."
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"It's such a Bore Being always Poor."
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"We always get bored with those whom we bore."
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"I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy."
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"to my thinking, it is more pitiable to bore than to be bored."
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"If it's a terrible script, it's a terrible bore."
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"Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore."
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"I was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't."
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"The way to be a bore is to say everything."
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"I'm sure Proust was a big bore."
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"Eternity bores me, I never wanted it."
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"We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary."
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"War? War is an organized bore."
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"It's a bore - B-O-R-E - when you find you've begun to rot."
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