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So, if you are different, you had better hide it, and pretend to be…

Quote byOliver Heaviside · 1850–1925

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Electromagnetic Theory (1912), Volume III; p. 1; "The Electrician" Pub. Co., London..

English (original)

So, if you are different, you had better hide it, and pretend to be solemn and wooden-headed. Until you make your fortune. For most wooden-headed people worship money; and, really, I do not see what else they can do.

— Oliver Heaviside

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