“To be popular one must be a mediocrity.”

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

“Like all good reputations... every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.”

“To be popular one must be a mediocrity.""Not with Women," said the duchess, shaking her head; "and women rule the world. I assure you we can't bear mediocrities. We women, as someone says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes, if you ever love at all.""It seems to me that we never do anything else," murmered Dorian.”

“Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.”

“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities”

“Caricature is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.”