Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.
Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
I educated myself. To me, school was boring.
The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences is a far cry from the specialized education that most students today receive, particularly in the research universities.
There is no bore like a clever bore.
We always get bored with those whom we bore.
A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you.
I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.
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