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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
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.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating
Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe
Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people
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.
"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.
