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Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.
Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who read more
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.
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to read more
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike read more
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.
I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to read more
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.
It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with read more
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.
I have a high state of resentment for the conformity in this country. If you're not married and having children, read more
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.
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
