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What does it mean?
Valuing mediocrity leads to a life without ambition or excellence.
In plain terms
Loving average prevents greatness.
What can you take from it?
Aim higher than mediocrity.

Where it applies

  • career planning
  • personal goals

Putting it to work

  • set challenging targets
  • pursue mastery

Questions to consider

  • What does mediocrity cost you?
  • How can you break free from it?

Another view

Some may find comfort in modest expectations.

More from Horace

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  2. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

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  3. Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus.

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