Sunday, January 24, 2010

Stupidity

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