Selected Mediocrity Quotes
These days I am reflecting on the sad implications that mediocrity entails. I hope quotes like these serve as warning signs to, at least, those of us who bother to be self-reflective. Julian All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. Scott Alexander Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Max Beerbohm When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. Napoleon Bonaparte It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. Roberto Benigni Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. Fulton J. Sheen