For 40 years, I sold creative problem solving for a living and this quote is one of my favorites.

“To violate law is to win the admiration of half the populace, who secretly envy anyone who can outwit this ancient enemy; to violate custom is to incur almost universal hostility.

For custom arises out of the people, whereas law is forced upon them from above.”

Will and Ariel Durant,

The Lessons of History