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Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
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.
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.
A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.
A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.
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.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
