Quotes 21 till 29 of 29.
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To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
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Unpretending mediocrity is good, and genius is glorious; but a weak flavor of genius in an essentially common person is detestable. It spoils the grand neutrality of a commonplace character, as the rinsings of an unwashed wine-glass spoil a draught of fair water.
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We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.
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We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.
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When I get to be a man! Being human, though boys, they considered their present estate too commonplace to be dwelt upon. So, when the old men gather, they say: When I was a boy! It really is the land of nowadays that we never discover.
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Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves?
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You can't put a great soul into a commomplace person. Commonplace persons have commonplace souls.
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It is personality with a penny's worth of talent. Error which chances to rise above the commonplace.
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