#mediocrity

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

— Jean de la Bruyere

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The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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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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Everything about mediocrity kills me. ↗

— Ivanka Trump

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All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. ↗

— Charles G. Dawes

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Mediocrity is Death. ↗

— Suleman Abdullah

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Poetry destroyed? Genius banished? No! Mediocrity, no: do not let envy prompt you to the thought. No; they not only live, but reign, and redeem: and without their divine influence spread everywhere, you would be in hell--the hell of your own meanness. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

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Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

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