The age of mediocrity in all things is beginning And its idleness removes all cravings Our sameness engenders uniformity And evil is gotten rid of by sacrificing all that is great all that is exceptional Everything becomes less coarse, but far more vulgar The age of great men is passing away
It gently slips right by us. Theageofindividualismisindangerofhavingnoindividuals there's a constant, moving, progress But souls are numbed and silenced Mediocrity has frozen desire uniformed bland equality the indifference is remarkable oblivious to the ordinary mediocrity has frozen desire greatness slips away
As each man summits an ant hill we exist in smooth vulgarity Dull the ego to remove all evil forsake what makes us great For a yearning soul is a conscious one with complex infinite fates complicit in conformity: savour and demise disillusioned minority: yearning souls decline
It is at the centre of the universe where the self is made it is man rejoicing in himself Taking refuge in inaccessible sanctuary of self-consciousness and becoming almost like a god It is a triumph which is not far from impiety It's a superhuman point of view Which does away with humility Its precisely the temptation to which man first succumbed when he desired to become his own master By becoming like the gods
Mediocrity has frozen desire uniformed bland equality the indifference is remarkable oblivious to the ordinary mediocrity has frozen desire greatness slips away As each man summits an ant hill we exist in smooth vulgarityTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
