William E. Gladstone Quotes

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.

William E. Gladstone

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  William E. Gladstone
  • Successful
  • Dangerous
  • Poet