Navy graduation cap with gold tassel resting on plain sealed envelopes bearing blank wax discs

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Noel Coward

I'm over-educated in the things I shouldn't have known at all.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker treats unwanted knowledge as an excessive education. What would usually sound like an achievement becomes a complaint about knowing things better left unknown. The word over-educated gives the burden a wry edge, suggesting that more understanding is not always welcome.

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