Mark Twain Quotes About Tradition

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

  Mark Twain

  Logic, Tradition, Harder

  1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ch.5.

• Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together!

  Mark Twain

  Together, Legends, Looks

  Mark Twain (1809). “The Writings of Mark Twain: Following the equator; a journey around the world”, p.174

• India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.

  Mark Twain

  Mother, Past, Men

• Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 15, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

• [The Bible is] a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology.

  Mark Twain

  Religion, Fables, Tradition

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.32, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

• Custom is petrification, nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a century.

  Mark Twain

  Tradition, Century, Dynamite

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.74, Courier Corporation

• A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Humor, Law

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.230, Courier Corporation

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