“Since the narrower or wider community of the peoples of the earth has developed so far that a violation of rights in one place is felt throughout the world, the idea of a cosmopolitan right is not fantastical, high-flown or exaggerated notion. It is a complement to the unwritten code of the civil and international law, necessary for the public rights of mankind in general and thus for the realization of perpetual peace.” WorldIdeasEarthLawFeltCommunityRightsMankindNotionInternationalRealizationCodePerpetualViolationExaggeratedInternational LawComplementUnwritten Author:Immanuel Kant
“There must be some unwritten law that says about fifty people have to move into your house when somebody dies. If it weren't for the smell of death clinging to the walls, you might think it was your family's turn to host the month neighborhood potluck supper.” PeopleIfsThinkingMightMovingLawDeathDiesTurnsHouseWallMonthsSmellFiftyNeighborhoodHostClingingSupperUnwrittenPotluck Book:Under the Wolf, Under the Dog Source: Under the Wolf, Under the Dog
“Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.” AgeLawMoralityBootsVulgarUnwritten Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“Everyone bowed to that unwritten law of family life which ordains that, in the long run, everyone submerges his personal preference in the effort to conform to that of the member of the circle who complains most loudly and is most difficult to satisfy.” LongRunningLawDifficultEffortFamilyMembersComplainingCirclesLong RunsConformPreferenceFamily LifeUnwrittenPersonal Preferences Book:A harvest of stories, from a half century of writing Source: A harvest of stories, from a half century of writing
“There is a brotherliness about a drinking person, which is coldly lacking in the straight and narrow enemies of drink; the difference between the two is more marked than nationality or belief: it is an opposite species altogether. It is against the unwritten laws of congeniality for them to mix. For me, a man who does not drink is distinctly indecent.” MenPersonsDoeTwoLawBeliefDifferencesEnemyDrinkOppositesDrinkingSpeciesLackingNationalityUnwrittenCongeniality Author:Caitlin Thomas
“So far from genius discarding law, rather is it the supreme joy of genius to re-enact the eternal and unwritten law in the chamber of its own intel-lect.” LawJoyGeniusEternalSupremeChamberUnwritten Author:Charles Henry Parkhurst
“It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.” LawBlackWhiteFlatsUnwrittenNightclubs Author:Dick Gregory