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“it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.” John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
“Ah! by Jove! one’s duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.” Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
“the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.” L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz
“You wanted to look at life for yourself—but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish. You were ground in the very mill of the conventional!” Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
“The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

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