{"id":3510,"date":"2015-03-11T09:07:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T16:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=3510"},"modified":"2017-04-29T15:14:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T22:14:05","slug":"five-quotes-about-society-from-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/five-quotes-about-society-from-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Quotes About Society From Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Society<\/p>\n

He lived alone, and, so to speak, outside of every social relation; and as he knew that in this world account must be taken of friction, and that friction retards, he never rubbed against anybody.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Around the World in 80 Days<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Jules Verne<\/a><\/p>\n

“This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<\/a><\/p>\n

There are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely – or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Lady Windermere’s Fan<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Oscar Wilde<\/a><\/p>\n

“It saves trouble to be conventional, for you’re not always explaining things.”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Old Rose and Silver<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Myrtle Reed<\/a><\/p>\n

Few people can resist doing what is universally expected of them. This invisible pressure is more difficult to stand against than individual tyranny.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0That Fortune<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Charles Dudley Warner<\/a><\/p>\n

See More Society Quotes from Literature<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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