"Fashion is custom in the guise of departure…" — Edward Sapir

Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom - Edward Sapir

"Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom"

— Edward Sapir

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37 Quotes by Edward Sapir

Edward Sapir has 37 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's…
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose…
Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily…
What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes.
Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.
A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one…
A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age…
A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.
A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far…
As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its…
Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of…
Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so,…

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More Custom Quotes

This quote is filed under Custom Quotes, one of 367 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
Custom is second nature. — Saint Augustine
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be… — Marcus Aurelius
The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are… — Teresa of Avila
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to… — Francis Bacon
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs… — Ruth Benedict
Custom reconciles us to everything. — Edmund Burke
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. — Samuel Butler
It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head… — Sholom Aleichem
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. — Dante Alighieri
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may… — Lord Chesterfield
The best interpreter of the law is custom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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