Bores Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Bores


Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. Byron—Don Juan. Canto XIII. St. 95.	1
The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrational bipeds who hurt only themselves. Maria Edgeworth—Thoughts on Bores.	2
Got the ill name of augurs, because they were bores. Lowell—A Fable for Critics, L. 55.	3
L’ennui naquit un jour de l’uniformité. One day ennui was born from uniformity. Motte.	4
That old hereditary bore, The steward. Rogers—Italy. A Character. L. 13.	5
Again I hear that creaking step!— He’s rapping at the door! Too well I know the boding sound That ushers in a bore. J. G. Saxe—My Familiar.	6
He says a thousand pleasant things,— But never says “Adieu.” J. G. Saxe—My Familiar.	7
O, he’s as tedious As is a tir’d horse, a railing wife; Worse than a smoky house; I had rather live With cheese and garlic in a windmill, far, Than feed on cates, and have him talk to me, In any summer-house in Christendom. Henry IV. Pt. I. Act III. Sc. I. L. 159.	8