quotations about custom
I cannot draw a distinction as to what length of time will render a practice legal.
C. J. DALLAS
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Butt v. Conant, 1828
'Tis nothing when you are used to it.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Polite Conversation
For the customs of the peoples are delusion;
Because it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
They decorate it with silver and with gold;
They fasten it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.
Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they cannot speak;
They must be carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.
BIBLE
Jeremiah 10:3-5
Custom governs the world: it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners, and rules with a hand of a despot.
J. BARTLETT
attributed, Day's Collacon
Custom alone regulates morals.
ANATOLE FRANCE
The Revolt of the Angels
So many countries, so many customs.
JOHN RAY
English Proverbs
There is no greater tyranny than that of social custom.
ELIZABETH GOUGE
The Dean's Watch
Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me.
JOHN VANBRUGH
The Provoked Husband
What humanity abhors, custome reconciles and recommends to us.
JOHN LOCKE
On Education
Times change: it was once the custom to take a bath weekly and religion daily.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error.
CYPRIAN
attributed, Day's Collacon
Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
speech in the House of Commons, March 11, 1870