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Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with the read more
Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with the hand of a despot.
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.
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
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.
We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, read more
We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs as we have never heard questioned.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
Custom is the great guide to human life
Custom is the great guide to human life
