A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
Gian Vincenzo Gravina
Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina was an Italian man of letters and jurist. He was the adoptive father of the poet Metastasio. Gravina was one of the foremost Italian jurists of the late 17th century. His views exerted considerable influence outside his own country, particularly upon Montesquieu.