Conventionalism Quotes

There is considerable hypocrisy in conventionalism. Any thinking person is aware of this paradox; but in dealing with conventional people it is advantageous to treat them as though they were not hypocrites. It isn't a question of faithfulness to your own concepts; it is a matter of compromise so that you can remain an individual without the constant threat of conventional pressures. (Truman Capote)
It is no accident that the Victorian age, the heyday of conventionalism, was the cultural bloom of economic liberalism. View quote
Gunnar Myrdal