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    Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.

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You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let read more

You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out.

by Martha Graham Found in: Custom Quotes,
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Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.

Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Custom Quotes,
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Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking

Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking

by Grace Mcgarvie Found in: Traditions Quotes,
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Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.

by Joseph Wood Krutch Found in: Custom Quotes,
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Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom.

Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom.

by Mark Twain Found in: Custom Quotes,
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Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious read more

Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious hand of a despot

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Custom Quotes,
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Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

by Jose Bergamin Found in: Traditions Quotes,
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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs read more

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

by Ruth Benedict Found in: Custom Quotes,
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Custom adapts itself to expediency

Custom adapts itself to expediency

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