382 Quotes About Tradition

What humanity abhors, custom reconciles and recommends to us.

I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.

Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb.

Custom is a second nature, and no less powerful.

The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from Custom.

We're going to have to change our traditions, our history

Tradition has made women cowardly.

The piddling ignoramuses who deny that there is a distinct, discernible, objective western tradition are just woozy literati.

Tradition is no longer a continuity but a series of sharp breaks. The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt.