| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 33340 |
| QUOTATION: | Youre an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928), U.S. director, screenwriter. General Broulard (Adolph Menjou), Paths of Glory, learning a subordinate has acted out of principle, rather than to earn a promotion (1957). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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