If the good people have not made the world better, they have surely made it duller.

A bore is a man who has nothing to say and says it anyway.

Bore: one who is interesting to a point – the point of departure.

Dullness has depth.

There is nothing so pathetic as a bore who claims attention – and gets it.

If you can’t stand solitude, perhaps you bore others too.

A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring.

If you knew what you were doing you’d probably be bored.

I assure you it requires no small talents to be a decided bore.

Nature makes a fool; a bore belongs to civilization.