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Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.
Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.
The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.
The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning.
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
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.
