"A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live" ~ Bertrand Russell (English Logician and Philosopher 1872-1970)

highfalutin
Pronunciation: "hI-f&-'lü-t&n
Function: adjective
Etymology: perhaps from 2high + alteration of fluting, present participle of flute
1 : PRETENTIOUS
2 : expressed in or marked by the use of high-flown bombastic language : POMPOUS