“Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.”

“Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!”

“[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”

“BRITANNUS (shocked).Caesar: this is not proper.THEODOTUS (outraged).How!CAESAR (recovering his self-possession).Pardon him. Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”

“Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research.”

“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”

“Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about? They are more true: they are the only things that are true.”