Custom Quotes

“Custom in conflict comes to be recognized as law.”

“The mores can make anything right and prevent condemnation of anything.”

“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

“Every island has its own peculiarity of costume, and the student of dress may here find a rich field for his labours.”

“No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by public opinion.”

“Custom is a tyrant, and men are slaves to its absurd decrees.”

“How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!”

“Vivitur hoc pacto.”

“For myth changes while custom remains constant; men continue to do what their fathers did before them, though the reasons on which their fathers acted have been forgotten.”

“A custom is not a mere collection of acts. It is an organized system of behavior with a purpose.”

“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”

“In Okinawa, walk in shoes and it is custom to take them off when entering a house. In America, walk in shoes and it is custom to leave them on. Many things are custom.”

“The institution was a popular one.”

“We of the South will not, however, surrender our institutions and our customs which we believe to be in the interest of both races.”

“Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of this world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.”

“Some have observed that the rudest and most savage of the human race are found to be the most tenacious of their customs.”