William E. Gladstone - Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but a...

William E. Gladstone Zitate

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.

William E. Gladstone

Bewertung: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5,0 Sterne

Deutsche Übersetzung

Mittelmäßigkeit ist jetzt, wie früher, gefährlich, für den Dichter gewöhnlich tödlich; Aber selbst unter den erfolgreichen Prosaautoren sind diejenigen, die sich vernünftig darüber erheben, die seltensten Ausnahmen.

← Vorheriges Zitat

Nächstes Zitat →

Ähnliche Autoren

Buddha Dalai Lama Jesus Christ Jr. Mahatma Gandhi Margaret Thatcher Martin Luther Martin Luther King Napoleon Bonaparte

Ähnliche Themen

Am seltensten / Rarest Ausnahmen / Exceptions Dichter / Poet Erfolgreich / Successful Erhebt euch / Rise Gefährlich / Dangerous Häufig / Commonly Jene / Those Jetzt / Now Mittelmäßigkeit / Mediocrity Prosa / Prose Schriftsteller / Writers Sehr / Very Sogar / Even Tödlich / Fatal Über / Above Unter / Among Vernünftig / Sensibly Wer / Who

Ähnliche Zitate

The world is enormously dangerous and scary. I worry very much for my daughter. I'm not sure we're in control any more, and I think the Internet is partly responsible for that.

David Thewlis

The pursuit of curiosity about the basic facts of nature has proven, with few exceptions throughout the history of medical science, to be the route by which the successful drugs and devices of modern medicine were discovered.

Arthur Kornberg

As our expedition to New York seems likely to be attended with a very fatal Consequence, and ourselves haply censured for undertaking it without assurance of success.

Lewis Hallam

There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.

Walter Lord

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

Bryan Q. Miller

I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which were very pleasant, and the more for a shower of rain now and then, that ushers in the wet season.

William Dampier

When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens.

Jodi Picoult

Everyone has determination - it's a question of how you use it. Hers is based on power and success and conquering; she doesn't care what she has to do or who gets hurt in the process. In that way we're very, very different.

Dannii Minogue

I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.

Daniel H. Pink