know-it-all

one-liner

is one who doesn't recognize their betters because they don't acknowledge that they exist.

It is impossible to recognize your betters until you acknowledge that they exist.

is one who doesn't know enough to conceal what he doesn't know.

You can always tell the knowit- all: he doesn't know enough to conceal what he doesn't know.

is one who knows everything, except how to keep others from thinking him a fool.

SMART ALECK A smart aleck knows everything, except how to keep others from thinking him a fool.

is one who knows more about everything than you know about anything.

SMART ALECK 745 SMILE A wiseacre knows more about everything than you know about anything.

is one who knows the answer even before he understands the question.

You can always tell a know-it-all: he knows the answer even before he understands the question.

is one who seldom meets his intellectual equal, and never his superior.

The know-it-all seldom meets his intellectual equal, and never his superior.

is a man who never opens his mouth without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

A know-it-all is a man who never opens his mouth without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

is a man whose wide range of information is always bas'ed on a narrow acquaintance with facts.

A know-it-all is a man whose wide range of information is always bas'ed on a narrow acquaintance with facts.