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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.
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.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
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
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.
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.
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom adapts itself to expediency
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.
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.
