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    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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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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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

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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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Tradition is the illusion of permanance.

Tradition is the illusion of permanance.

by Woody Allen Found in: Traditions 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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Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, read more

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Traditions 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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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.

by Jean-jacques Rousseau Found in: Custom Quotes,
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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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