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    Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with the hand of a despot.

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Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Custom Quotes,
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Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.

by Moritz Guedmann Found in: Custom Quotes,
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Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious read more

Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious hand of a despot

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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.

by Ruth Benedict Found in: Custom Quotes,
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Custom is the great guide to human life

Custom is the great guide to human life

by David Hume Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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.

by Martha Graham Found in: Custom Quotes,
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There is nothing that strengthens a nation like reading of a nation's own history, whether that history is recorded in read more

There is nothing that strengthens a nation like reading of a nation's own history, whether that history is recorded in books or embodied in customs, institutions and monuments.

by Joseph Anderson Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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.

by Dante Alighieri Found in: Custom Quotes,
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