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Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders. — William Makepeace Thackeray

The past informs the present. — Fennel Hudson

Moral progress has consisted in the main of protest against cruel customs, and of attempts to enlarge human sympathy. — Bertrand Russell

As generations come and go, Their arts, their customs, ebb and flow; Fate, fortune, sweep strong powers away, And feeble, of themselves, decay. — William Wordsworth

Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex. — Abigail Adams

Our customs, behaviors, and values are byproducts of our culture. — Jacque Fresco

When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral. — Vincent De Paul

Preventing people from illegally immigrating to the United States should be the primary purpose of Customs and Border Protection. — Ted Cruz

The empire of custom is most mighty. — Publilius Syrus

Custom doth make dotards of us all. — Thomas Carlyle

Whether we like it or not, modern ways are going to alter and in part destroy traditional customs and values. — Werner Heisenberg

Customs of the Egyptians. Chapter I. Concerning The Kings And — Charles Rollin

He is Your Customer, the Reason behind Your Customs. — Vineet Raj Kapoor

[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature. — George Bernard Shaw

Sophocles' plays, performed in amphitheaters, were the equivalent of today's megachurches, where customs and values were clarified and conveyed. — Jim Burke

Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt. — Emma Lazarus

It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers. — Robert Wilson Lynd

Dartmouth is such a special college with its rich history, dedicated student body, and, as I've been learning more recently, colorful customs. — Wendy Kopp

Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs. — Francis Bacon

Believers may come from different cultures, countries, or customs, but we serve one God who unites us all. — Dillon Burroughs

Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment. — Mark Twain

The customs and practices of life in society sweep us along. — Michel De Montaigne

Choose the life that is noblest, for custom can make it sweet to thee. — Epictetus

Germans found "American" (by which they often meant Irish) bars and their drinking customs both peculiar and unhealthy. — Donna R. Gabaccia

Most men live like raisins in a cake of custom. — Brand Blanshard

The importance of recovering the customs and the institutions of the past thus inaugurating the archaeological approach to art — Raja Ravi Varma

Custom makes monsters of us all. — Ngaio Marsh

Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man's origin, capacity and responsibility. — Clarence Darrow

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth. — Aaron Hill

Be dispensers of God's grace, not controllers. Don't be the Holy Spirit's customs agents, — Pope Francis

Customs are generally unselfish.
Habits are nearly always selfish. — G.K. Chesterton

You gotta look backwards to go forwards. — Fennel Hudson

And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties. — James Stockdale

Custom is the law of fools. — John Vanbrugh

When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws. — Baron De Montesquieu

If in other respects the old condition of things be continued, and there be no discordance in their customs, men live peaceably with one another ... — Niccolo Machiavelli

Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar. — Jean De La Bruyere

give a mental assent to the customs of their forefathers, — Swami Vivekananda

Customs have no reason; they simply are. — Marion Zimmer Bradley

It's so easy to print in the Midwest. You're saving months in shipping and customs, so we have started printing a number of books there. — Dave Eggers

Custom is often only the antiquity of error. — Cyprian

Customs, morals--is there a difference? — Robert A. Heinlein

The laws of conscience, though we ascribe them to nature, actually come from custom. — Michel De Montaigne

We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation. — Charles W. Chesnutt

Custom is second nature. Be accustomed to a bald head, sufficiently accustomed, and hair on it would seem monstrous. — Isaac Asimov

To destroy abuses is not sufficient; customs must be modified. The mill is there no longer; the wind is still there. — Victor Hugo

Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most. — Daniel Pipes