Death Quote by Sarah Schulman

To know the great men dead is compensation for having to live with the mediocre.

— Elbert Hubbard

“EACH OF US IS BORN INTO GENIUS. Sadly, most of us die amid mediocrity.”

— Robin S. Sharma

“Even though a lot of people died, a lot of heroes were born. Often it was the most unlikely of people who found within…

— Jonathan Maberry

“Genius in the popular sense has become common. (...) Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe,…

— Knut Hamsun

The life's story of great geniuses is a sad one, without much tangible reward, which does not inspire future generations to face a similar…

— Joseph Haydn

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

— William Gilmore Simms

Everyone we regard as brilliant has endured an enormous amount of failure.

— Frans Johansson

“True brilliance has a well-known positive correlation with decency, much of the time--a fact the rest of us rely on, more than we ever…

— David Brin

“There are people in this world who cut such a grotesque figure that even death renders them ridiculous. And the more horrible the death…

— Henry Miller

“contrary to some opinions, it is better to be a dead hero than a live louse. Dying is messy and inconvenient but even a…

— Robert A. Heinlein

the great is seldom a deterrent to the mediocre

— Elizabeth Hardwick

“Some people are hopeless, you can just watch them dying slowly all because they want to prove a point to the world. Most of…

— Audrey Kanyera