Culture Quote by Henry Home, Lord Kames

Custom is, nevertheless, the greatest enchantress, and in a home one of the most benevolent of fairies. A wife was young, and becomes old;…

— Timothy Shay Arthur

Custom is a second nature, and no less powerful.

— Michel de Montaigne

Custom is almost a second nature.

— Plutarch

“The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement, being in unceasing antagonism to that disposition to aim at something better…

— John Stuart Mill

“The common complaint, that luxury extends itself even to the lowest ranks of the people, and that the labouring poor will not now be…

— Adam Smith

Choose the life that is noblest, for custom can make it sweet to thee.

— Epictetus

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.

— Mark Twain

Custom is second nature.

— Saint Augustine

“There is a kind of greatness which does not depend upon fortune;It is a certain manner that distinguishes us, and which seems to destine…

— La Rochefoucauld

The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it

— Mark Twain

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Real luxury is customization.

— Lapo Elkann