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All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
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.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.
A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.
