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Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
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
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.
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 is the great guide to human life
Custom is the great guide to human 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.
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.
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.