"Conformity is the ape of harmony."
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"Everything in nature acts in conformity with law."
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"Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself."
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"The multitude is always in the wrong."
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"The opposite of courage is not so much fear as it is conformity."
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"If you stand up to the human race you lose something called their 'goodwill'; if you kowtow to them you gain ... their permission to continue kowtowing."
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"The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly"
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"Order cannot possibly be brought about through conformity to a pattern, under any circumstances."
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"The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing."
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"We arrange our lives-even the best and boldest men and women that exist, just as much as the most limited-with reference to what society conventionally rules and makes right."
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"If you're trying to forge bonds on something other than kinship, and forge a tribal identity on something other than relatedness, conformity is a good way to do it. And if you're wealthy, you can do it with a very expensive It bag, or whether it's Vuitton or Valentino at the moment, and it's a way to signal to one another, We're part of this tribe."
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"Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature."
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"Conformity is an imitation of grace."
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"Is there an existence that is only mine?"
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"Pour out wine till I become a wanderer from myself; for in selfhood and existence I have felt only fatigue."
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"...how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!"
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"The greater number of men are merely corporals."
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"It is but too easy to establish another durable and harmonious routine. Immediately all parts of nature consent to it. Only make something to take the place of something, and men will behave as if it was the very thing they wanted."
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"What have I to do with plows? I cut another furrow than you see."
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"Tradition implies authority, conformity, imitation, following."
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