Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions

Quote by William E Gladstone

Topics: Mediocrity Quotes, Poets Quotes, Writers Quotes

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong,...

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong,...

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes.

It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their...

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their...

Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of...

Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't...

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't...

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment...

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment...

There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not...

There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of...

The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of...

This is the negation of God erected into a system of government.

This is the negation of God erected into a system of government.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

If [newsmen] violate their promises of confidentiality, they may never again be able to operate...

If [newsmen] violate their promises of confidentiality, they may never again be able to operate...

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements....

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements....