Quotes about conventionality

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"He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on conventionality

"What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?"

Hoffer, Eric on conventionality

"Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on conventionality

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"Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves."

Russell, Bertrand on conventionality