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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.
Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe
Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe
Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.
Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
