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Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs.
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.
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.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
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.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
Ancient custom has the force of law.
Ancient custom has the force of law.
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom adapts itself to expediency
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.
