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The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that cla

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrational bipeds who hurt only themselves. – Maria Edgeworth, Thoughts on Bores

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Bore: A man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company. – Gian Vincenzo Gravina

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A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you. – Bert Leston Taylor, The So-Called Human Race

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