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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
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.
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.
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.
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom is the great guide to human life
Custom is the great guide to human life
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.
