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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
An empire is an immense egotism.
An empire is an immense egotism.
Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.
Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.
Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
