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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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer
Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking
Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
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.
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
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom adapts itself to expediency
