There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In eve… - Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was a poet and novelist born in Portsmouth, USA.

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Alternative Names: Thomas B. Aldrich • Thomas Aldrich

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Books that have become classics—books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal—always remind me of venerable colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.

Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay.
And serve the potter as he turns his wheel,
I thank thee for the precious gift of tears!

We weep when we are born, not when we die!

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