Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove …

Ayn Rand
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Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no inkling of the loneliness that comes when you reach the top. The loneliness for an equal - for a mind to respect and an achievement to admire. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). Atlas Shrugged, p.348, Penguin
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