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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.
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom adapts itself to expediency
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
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.
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.
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.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
