Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I have a fear of being boring.

I have a fear of being boring.

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the read more

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

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

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

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.

A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.