Inspirational Quotes

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Mediocrity Quotes

Effort Mediocrity Virtue Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Alexander Pope

English Poet and Translator

Conformity Individuality Majority Influence Mediocrity Society Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

Blaise Pascal

French Mathematician and Physicist

Elite Mediocrity Paradox Politics Public Good Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.

George Will

Political Commentator

Genius Intelligence Mediocrity Observation Superiority Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Benjamin Disraeli

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Authenticity Fame Mediocrity Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

David Bowie

Ambition Incompetence Limitation Mediocrity When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Former Emperor of the French