“The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.”
Carl Van Doren (1885–1950) American biographer
As quoted in Building A Speech (1990) by Sheldon Metcalfe
“You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.”
— Jeannette Walls, book The Glass Castle
Source: The Glass Castle
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