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The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.
One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness.
Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing
Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.
Music journalists are some of the lazy, most uninspired, dull people I've ever met...
It's the refuge for the mentally deficient. It's made by dull people for dull people.
Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.
Nature, as it grows again toward earth, is fashioned for the journey, dull and heavy.
If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.
Those dull, unmusterious city unemployables, dressed in their grey, secondhand suits.
If you find the mirror of the heart dull, the rust has not been cleared from its face.
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
It is to beoted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.
Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.
Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom.
Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.
Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
'The Robe' was lousy but an almighty hit. I was dull as ditchwater and an almighty flop.
It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.
She carried the burn of the sun on her body. It was for all of those wasted, dull years.
If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of pressing grapes.
The world would be a pretty dull place if it were made up only of the first-rate, right?
You can imagine the kind of dinner parties I had to go to at a young age... pretty dull.
Business could not make dull, nor passion wild; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole.
No one wants to see or read about a dull subject. I don't consider myself a dull subject.
If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying!
[On the premiere of a dull show:] I've seen more excitement at the opening of an umbrella.
I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas.
If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull?
Everyone knows what toothache's like: it's one of those dull pains that just won't go away.
Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.
I hate baseball. It's dull. Nothing happens. It's like watching grass - no, Astroturf - grow
It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man.
There's nothing surprising about me. I'm dull. I am a fan of the New York subway. I love it.
Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.
If you ever feel lazy or dull, take heart: you're the busiest, brightest thing on the planet.
The latter end of a fray, and the beginning of a feast, Fits a dull fighter, and a keen guest.
I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.
I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.
Don't let the insecurities of others dull your sparkle. Shine like the star you are born to be.
Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves.
My granny was always mourning about the fact I wear dull, stained jeans or don't brush my hair.
I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.
Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes.
Perhaps it is this theory of all work and no play that has made the Marxist such a very dull boy.
Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic.
There are surely worse things than being wrong, and being dull and pedantic are surely among them.
Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.