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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 can talk; but it is for genius to observe
Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe
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.
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but read more
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
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.
