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    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.

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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 plague of wise men and the idol of fools.

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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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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.

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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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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.

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Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom.

Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom.

by Mark Twain Found in: Custom Quotes,
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The old ways are the safest and surest ways.

The old ways are the safest and surest ways.

by Charles Caleb Colton 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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