“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
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Catholic bishop and television presenter 1895–1979Related quotes
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Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“And the food for the soul passes, candid and free, without paying tribute to the customs.”
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Source: Platero and I (1917), Ch. 2 : White Butterflies, as translated by Eloïse Roach (1957).
Context: The man wants to stick his iron pick in the little basket, and I do not prevent him. I open the knapsack, and he sees nothing in it. And the food for the soul passes, candid and free, without paying tribute to the customs.
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
Arthur Conan Doyle book The Valley of Fear
Source: The Valley of Fear
