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21 quotesRenouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
Abstinence
Natalie Clifford Barney
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Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
Mediocrity
Sir Max Beerbohm
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A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.
Perseverance
Ambrose Bierce
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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
Enjoyment
Hugh Blair
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Media, the plural of mediocrity.
Media
Jimmy Breslin
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Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.
Competition
Daniel Burrus
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The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
Democracy
James F. Cooper
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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity
Charles G. Dawes
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
Mediocrity
Benjamin Disraeli
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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.
Excellence
Isaac Disraeli
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Talent
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
Politicians and Politics
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
Mediocrity
Henry S. Haskins
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The real antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.
Mediocrity
Eric Hoffer
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In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
Mediocrity
Robert Green Ingersoll
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Malice is only another name for mediocrity.
Malice
Patrick Kavanagh
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Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.
Fear
John Maynard Keynes
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The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.
Present
Rene Magritte
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There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Enthusiasm
Norman Vincent Peale
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Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed.
Mediocrity
Walter Russell
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Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.
Pride
Source Unknown
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun