Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHe who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.
Francois de La RochefoucauldModeration is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld