Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.

Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.

Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.

Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.

A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters

"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe