The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.
The devil's name is dullness.
He is an old bore even the grave yawns for him.
We often forgive those who bore us but can't forgive those whom we bore.
A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.
A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
Dullness is a misdemeanour.
Boredom turns a man to sex a woman to shopping and it drives newscasters berserk.
His shortcoming is his long staying.
Social media: a fine tool for radicalised idiots to find each other, a promised land for the pub bores and Champ Man anoraks of the nation.
The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
Boredom is rage spread thin.
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice more drunkards than thirst and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
When people are bored it is primarily with their own selves.
How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Any idiot can face a crisis - it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.
A man can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.
He has returned from Italy a greater bore than ever he bores on architecture painting statuary and music.
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