Quotes about Dullness

“Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.”

“Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.”

“It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”