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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.
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.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
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.
Custom is the great guide to human life
Custom is the great guide to human life
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
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.
Ancient custom has the force of law.
Ancient custom has the force of law.
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom adapts itself to expediency
