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Albert Camus 209
French author and journalist 1913–1960Related quotes
“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”
As quoted in The Beauty Principal (1984) by Victoria Principal, p. 117
Attributed
“To me, the only sin is mediocrity.”
New York Times interview (1985)
“Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.”
20 July 1749
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
“It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 51
“Ignore the critics… Only mediocrity is safe from ridicule. Dare to be different!”
“Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.”
La modération des grands hommes ne borne que leurs vices. La modération des faibles est médiocrité.
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 168.
“Progress in civilization seems possible only in interludes when history is idling.”
An Old Chaos: The Emperor's Tomb (p. 35)
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths (2013)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)