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Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

Max Beerbohm
Humility, Acceptance, Triumph
Saturday Review, 5 Nov. 1904 See Maugham 11
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.