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Samuel Butler (novelist)

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Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 – 18 June 1902) was an English novelist.

Sourced quotes

  • ”The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.”[1]
Simple: The man who allows himself to be bored is even more contemptible than the man who is very boring.

References

  1. The Fair Haven, Memoir of the Late John Pickard Owen, Ch. 3 (1873)

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