Formerly in Anna Pavlovna's presence, Pierre had always felt that what he was saying was out of place, tactless and unsuitable, that remarks which seemed to him clever while they formed in his mind became foolish as soon as he uttered them, while on the contrary Hippolyte's stupidest remarks came out clever and apt.
We fight about the stupidest little things.
Bates (The Naturalist on the Amazons), " is one of the stupidest animals I ever met.
