What we call human nature in actuality is human habit. – Jewel Kilcher, Pieces of You 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
The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered. – Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912 Category: Conformity
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. – George Sand Category: Experience
