“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
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Robert G. Ingersoll439
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Men of Genius Deficient in Conversation.
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1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
Arthur Conan Doyle book The Valley of Fear
Source: The Valley of Fear
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
