Famous quotes containing the words general, convention and/or held:
“In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.”
—Edmund Burke (17291797)
“Well encounter opposition, wont we, if we give women the same education that we give to men, Socrates says to Galucon. For then wed have to let women ... exercise in the company of men. And we know how ridiculous that would seem. ... Convention and habit are womens enemies here, and reason their ally.”
—Martha Nussbaum (b. 1947)
“Even he was abashed
and I laughed
and held him close
when he went for the knot
of my underclothes
and Id already untied it.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)