متى رسخت العادةُ، جعلها الزمنُ مقدّسةً، مهما كان أصلها نزوةً أو حيلةً، فيُعدّ مخالفتها أو التشكيك فيها وقاحةً أو جنونًا.

“When Fashion hath once Established, what Folly or craft began, Custom makes it Sacred, and 'twill be thought impudence or madness, to contradict or question it.”John Locke — Two Treatises of Government: In the Former the False Principles & Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer & His Followers, are Detected & Overthrown; the Latter is an Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent & End of Civil Government (1728)