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Custom is the great guide to human life
Custom is the great guide to human life
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
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.
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.
Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its read more
Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
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.
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.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
