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    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.

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Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

by Ivan Turgenev Found in: Conformity Quotes,
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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.

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If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing read more

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.

by Bill Vaughn Found in: Conformity Quotes,
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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.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Conformity Quotes,
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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.

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The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

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A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if read more

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.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Conformity Quotes,
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Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Conformity Quotes,
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We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

by Mark Twain Found in: Conformity Quotes,
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