Ancient custom has the force of law.
There probably was a time when the idea of having a toilet inside a house was repulsive.
The believer is not a slave to fa
In truth, the crossing from nature to culture and vice versa has always stood wide open. It leads across an easily accessible bridge: the practising life. People have committed themselves to its const...
Custom is second nature.
Other times other customs.
This man's spiritual power has been precisely this, that he has distinguished between custom and creed. He has broken the conventions, but he has kept the commandments.
Custom is the law of fools.
Customs, morals—is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe—...
What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right.
Nice customs curtsy to great kings.