A: Well, you just made me feel stupid. B: Not half as stupid as I always feel. A: No, more than half, more than all of it, more than double. You made me feel really dumb out there. B: That’s not all bad. A: Why do you say that? B: Because stupidity is a virtue when you acknowledge it as your mark of distinction, when you feel your foolishness set you off from the rest, due to its thoroughness and intensity.
(Un)Certain Truth(s) IV of XI, or, Due to its thoroughness and intensity
