When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. – Eric Hoffer, Passionate State of Mind, 1955

How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. – Alfred de Musset

Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them. – Condorcet, Progress of the Human Mind, 1794