I'm not stupid!' In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy.

Summary

This quote suggests that whenever someone claims they are not stupid, it usually indicates the opposite. Bean, the character referred to, believes that people who confidently state this are often trying to deny or hide their own lack of intelligence. Essentially, the quote implies that intelligence is better demonstrated through actions and intelligence is not proven by simply claiming it.

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