Habit rules the unreflecting herd. – William Wordsworth, Ecclesiastical Sonnets, 1822 Category: Conformity
Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions. – George Santayana Category: Conformity
They will say that you are on the wrong road, if it is your own. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Conformity
To laughter! The bright coinage of the bank of good will. – Minna Thomas Antrim, A Book of Toasts, 1902 Category: Laughter
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, It might have been. – John Greenleaf Whittier Category: sad
I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing with children. – Toby Jones Category: Trust