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Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
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.
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.
"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.
"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
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.
Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.
Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.
