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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.
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 plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom read more
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws.
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws.
Custom is the great guide to human life
Custom is the great guide to human life
