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Soren Kierkegaard

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

Soren Kierkegaard

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The author starts with the idea that everyone is boring, suggesting this is a universal truth. He then challenges anyone to prove otherwise, implying that trying to argue against it would only confirm how dull they are.

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