Subject: Patience with Stupidity
Quote: “To have patience with stupidity is difficult for the quick witted.”
Character: M. Hercule Poirot
Chapter/Story: “The Adventure of the Clapham Cook”
Book Title/Copyright: The Underdog and Other Stories, 1923
Subject: Stupidity
Quote: “It [stupidity] is the sin that is never forgiven and always punished.”
Character: M. Hercule Poirot
Chapter/Story: 11 – Mrs. Lorrimer
Book Title/Copyright: Cards on the Table, 1936
Subject: Contentment is Stupid
Quote: “To be content with what nature has given you, that—that is stupid! It is also arrogant!”
Character: Countess Vera Rossakoff
Chapter/Story: “The Capture of Cerberus”
Book Title/Copyright: The Labors of Hercules, 1947