Top Conventions Quotes

  • Conventions are, indeed, all that shield us from the shivering void, though often they do so but poorly and desperately. – Robert Aickman

    Conventions are, indeed, all that shield us from the shivering void, though often they do so but poorly and desperately.– Robert Aickman

  • One’s duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us. – Gustave Flaubert

    One’s duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.– Gustave Flaubert

  • Don’t be surprised that I value prejudice, observe certain conventions, seek power–it’s because I know I live in an empty society. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Don’t be surprised that I value prejudice, observe certain conventions, seek power–it’s because I know I live in an empty society.– Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  • Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I’m afraid it did. – Bette Davis

    Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I’m afraid it did.– Bette Davis