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

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher

Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 9 “Fear of Public Opinion” (1930)
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