<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Conformity - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9738]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9739]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conform and be dull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conform and be dull.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roads are just a suggestion, like pants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roads are just a suggestion, like pants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9720]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9722]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9723]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a high state of resentment for the conformity in this country. If you're not married and having children, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9724]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a high state of resentment for the conformity in this country. If you're not married and having children, it's like your life is empty or you're a communist meanie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9725]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9726]]></link><description><![CDATA[A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9727]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9728]]></link><description><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries personal costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money they don't want to buy things they don't need to impress people they dislike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9733</guid></item></channel></rss>