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Mediocre
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Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.
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― Killosophy
― Killosophy
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I marvel at the placidity of the Utopian who imagines that man is perfectible. There is no denying that the human creature is born selfish, abusive, vile. Just look around you and see. Society cynical and ferocious, the humble heckled and pillaged by the rich traffickers in necessities. Everywhere the triumph of the mediocre and unscrupulous, everywhere the apotheosis of crooked politics and finance. And you think you can make any progress against a stream like that? No, man has never changed. H
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― Là-Bas
― Là-Bas
