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There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. ↗

— Paul Gauguin

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The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or rather their goodness. Goodness does not cause hatred, but it gives occasion for hatred to manifest itself. The holier and purer a life, the more it would attract malignity and hate. Mediocrity alone survives. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

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Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity. ↗

— Ellen Glasgow

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It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. ↗

— Roberto Benigni

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Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them. ↗

— David Bowie

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There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. ↗