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• A bore is someone who persists in holding his own views after we have enlightened him with ours.
• A bore is someone who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.
• One day it was announced by master Joshu that the young monk Kyogen had reached an enlightened state.
  Much impressed by this news, several of his peers went to speak with him....
• One day it was announced that the young monk Kyogen had reached an enlightened state.
  Much impressed by this news, several of his peers went to speak with him....