Quotes with tedious

  • A man may forgive many wrongs, but he cannot easily forgive anyone who makes it plain that his conversation is tedious.
  • They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.

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  • Christina Rossetti For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
    Christina Rossetti
    British poet (1830 - 1894)
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  • Stevie Smith A man may forgive many wrongs, but he cannot easily forgive anyone who makes it plain that his conversation is tedious.
    Stevie Smith
    English poet and novelist (1902 - 1971)
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  • St. Thomas Aquinas Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
    St. Thomas Aquinas
    Italian philosopher and theologian (1225 - 1274)
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  • Oscar Wilde Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Charles Baudelaire I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • William Shakespeare If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Oscar Wilde It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde It's absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • William Shakespeare Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
    King John (1596)
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Oscar Wilde Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Samuel Johnson Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Samuel Johnson Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Og Mandino The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.
    Og Mandino
    American author (1923 - 1996)
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  • Oscar Wilde They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bill Bailey Three blokes go into a pub. One of them is a little bit stupid, and the whole scene unfolds with a tedious inevitability.
    Part Troll
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • James Russell Lowell Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Berthold Auerbach We consider it tedious to talk of the weather, and yet there is nothing more important.
    Berthold Auerbach
    German-Jewish writer and poet (1812 - 1882)
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  • Alexander Pope What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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