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Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.
Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.
Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern
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- Frank Herbert
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- Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern
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