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• In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. -- Robert G. Ingersoll
• Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
• Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
  -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear", 1914...
• The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions - which time and mediocrity can solve.
  -- Hugh Trevor-Roper, "Men and Eve...
• A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill
  he remains on this side of his talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity....
• Heymann's Law: Mediocrity imitates.
• IBM: Inertia Breeds Mediocrity
• IBM: Insensitivity Begets Mediocrity