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Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Ancient custom has the force of law.
Ancient custom has the force of law.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
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 is the great guide to human life
Custom is the great guide to human life
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom read more
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned
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.
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
