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Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.

by Joseph Wood Krutch Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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.

by Joseph Anderson Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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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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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Ancient custom has the force of law.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

by Legal Maxim Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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, read more

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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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.

by Martha Graham Found in: Custom Quotes,
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