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«Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.»
«Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story»
«I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.»
«Fatigue dulls the pain, but awakes enticing thoughts of death. So! that is the way in which you are tempted to overcome your loneliness -- by making the ultimate escape from life. -- No! It may be that death is to be your ultimate gift to life: it must not be an act of treachery against it.»
«A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.»
«It has been said that misfortune sharpens our wits, but . . . it often simply dulls them.»
«It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.»
«I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.»
«Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.»
«Neither a borrower, nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.»