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Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity.

“Once you start compromising your thoughts, you’re a candidate for mediocrity.” — Neil Simon, Biloxi Blues

Author YahooeyPosted on September 13, 2018September 7, 2018Categories QuotationsTags Biloxi Blues, compromise, integrity, mediocrity, Neil SimonLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

“Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.” — Max Beerbohm, Saturday Review (1904-11-05)

Author YahooeyPosted on August 24, 2013March 30, 2017Categories QuotationsTags errors, genius, Max Beerbohm, mediocrity, mistakes, Saturday ReviewLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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William Hazlitt“Those who aim at faultless regularity will only produce mediocrity, and no one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.” — William Hazlitt, “Thoughts on Taste”, Edinburgh Magazine

Author YahooeyPosted on March 10, 2012February 24, 2012Categories QuotationsTags Edinburgh Magazine, mediocrity, perfection, regularity, William HazlittLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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