Every mystery novel I ever read, the great detective was such an arrogant fuck you could replace 70% of his dialogue with ‘Are you stupid?’ and the conversation would still make sense.

No. I mean kindness.” He said it so easily.

The most intelligent people disguise the fact that they are intelligent. Wise men do not wear nametags. The more people talk about their own skills, the more desperate they are—their work should speak for itself.