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Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

Oscar Wilde
Giving, Enemy, Mediocrity
Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.812, GENERAL PRESS
Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.