Mediocre Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

— Joe Klein

Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.

— Joseph Heller

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

— Joseph Joubert

'Mediocre' tends to mean 'undistinguished', while snobs enjoy their distinguishing hallmarks of style - how they wear clothes, use words, where they go and…

— James Hillman

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.

— Nelson Boswell

Mean-spirited mediocrities, especially those with a smattering of learning, are the most likely to be opinionated. Only strong minds know how to correct their…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

It is a terrible thought, to contemplate that an immense number of mediocre thinkers are occupied with really influential matters.

— Anonymous

But to paraphrase Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, ignorance and mediocrity are forever busy, and the forces of mediocrity aren't content with being…

— Rafe Esquith

“The tragedy of mediocrity is that even mediocre people shake their heads and mull over how standard are falling. - Serious Men”

— Manu Joseph

To the mediocre, mediocrity is a form of happiness.

— Friedrich Nietzsche