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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.
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
Custom is the great guide to human life
Custom is the great guide to human life
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.
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to read more
Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom.
Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its read more
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.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
