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Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to h

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. – Thomas Hardy

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If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. – Thomas Hardy

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Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy

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Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficulty: elephants and poodles find many things obscure. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. – Mark Twain

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The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds. – George Allen

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