Society...Communication...BORES
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1416
“A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”
— Gian Vincezo Gravina
BORES, Communication, Individualism
1417
“The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.” — Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
BORES, Communication, Sciences
1418
“As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so it is of small wits to talk much and say nothing.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
BORES, Speeches, Ignorance
1419
“It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well, nor the judgment to hold their tongues.” — Jean de La Bruyere
BORES, Speeches, Ignorance
1420 PA
“As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest
babblers.” — Plato
BORES, Speeches, Ignorance
1421 H
“It is ill-manners to silence a fool, and cruelty to let him go on.” — Benjamin Franklin
BORES, Love
1422
“The man who knows only one subject is almost as tiresome as the man who knows no subject.” — Charles Dickens
BORES, Ignorance, Knowledge
1423
“Talkative people who wish to be loved are hated; when they desire to please, they bore; when they think they are admired, they are laughed at; they injure their friends, benefit their enemies, and ruin themselves.”
— Plutarch
BORES, Communication, Ignorance
1424 H
“Gossip: When you hear something you like about someone you don’t.”
— Earl Wilson
BORES, Hate
1425 CH
“Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.” — Benjamin Franklin
BORES, Honor
1426
“The business of everybody is the business of nobody.” — Thomas B. Macaulay
BORES, Business
BORES Cross-References
Fame—9 • Ignorance—502 •
Knowledge—562, 565-566 • Judgment—684 • Ego—914 •
Communication—1392-1396 • Speeches—1405-1412
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