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"Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding-places in a voluminous writer."

Addison, Joseph on dullness

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"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on dullness

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"Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor."

Churchill, Charles on dullness

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"What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others."

Foote, Samuel on dullness

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"What a comfort a dull but kindly person is, to be sure, at times! A ground-glass shade over a gas-lamp does not bring more solace to our dazzled eyes than such a one to our minds."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on dullness

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"Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great."

Johnson, Samuel on dullness