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Custom is the great guide to human life
Custom is the great guide to human life
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.
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.
Ancient custom has the force of law.
Ancient custom has the force of law.
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 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 is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
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.
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws.
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws.
