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custom

«No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion»
«The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it»
Author: John Owen | Keywords: custom, sense of shame, sinning
«Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers»
«Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.»
«There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted»
«Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom»
«That precedent should continue-not by a Constitutional amendment but by custom based on the honor of the man in the office.»
«Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well»
«Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.»
«Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.»

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