Subject: The Under Dog
Quote: “All through this case I have looked, not for the bad-tempered man or woman, for bad temper is its own safety valve. He who can bark does not bite. No, I have looked for the good-tempered man, for the man who is patient and self-controlled, for the man who for nine years has played the part of the under dog. There is no strain so great as that which has endured for years, there is no resentment like that which accumulates slowly.”
Character: M. Hercule Poirot
Chapter/Story: “The Under Dog”
Book Title/Copyright: The Underdog and Other Stories, 1923
