quotations about custom
When a custom is actually proved to exist, the next enquiry is into the legality of it; for if it is not a good custom it ought to be no longer used.
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE
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Commentaries on the Laws of England
Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me.
JOHN VANBRUGH
The Provoked Husband
'Tis nothing when you are used to it.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Polite Conversation
But to my mind, though I am native here,
And to the manner born, it is a custom
More honour'd in the breach than the observance.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet
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
There is no greater tyranny than that of social custom.
ELIZABETH GOUGE
The Dean's Watch
So many countries, so many customs.
JOHN RAY
English Proverbs
Custom alone regulates morals.
ANATOLE FRANCE
The Revolt of the Angels
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
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
Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error.
CYPRIAN
attributed, Day's Collacon