Wikiquote:Quote of the day/May 18, 2023

 
Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves. They will pardon much unconventionality in a man who has enough jollity and friendliness to make clear, even to the stupidest, that he is not engaged in criticizing them.
~ Bertrand Russell ~
in
~ The Conquest of Happiness ~