Dull

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.

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The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

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It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

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DULL. 8. To make dictionaries is dull work.

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Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pains of stupidity.

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So sweetly mawkish and so smoothly dull.

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To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

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Is ditchwater dull Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.

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There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness.

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He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great.

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No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

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