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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/16749/">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.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/author/3522/">Holmes, Oliver Wendell</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/tag/genius/">genius</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>