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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
Source: Quoted in: Gods, in Adam, no. 299 (London, 1962).
-- Natalie Clifford Barney, (Oct 31 1876-1972), US author; She was hostess of a celebrated Parisian literary salon, 1920s-1930s; wrote risque memoirs.