"The universality of a custom is pledge of…" — Agnes Repplier

"The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth."

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72 Quotes by Agnes Repplier

Agnes Repplier has 72 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our…
Who that has plodded on to middle age would take back upon his shoulders ten of the vanished years, with…
We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we…
The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore…
A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening…
There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which…
Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.
Sensuality, too, which used to show itself course, smiling, unmasked, and unmistakable, is now serious, analytic, and so burdened with…
It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.
Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy…
The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.

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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
Custom is second nature. — Saint Augustine
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be… — Marcus Aurelius
The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are… — Teresa of Avila
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to… — Francis Bacon
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs… — Ruth Benedict
Custom reconciles us to everything. — Edmund Burke
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. — Samuel Butler
It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head… — Sholom Aleichem
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. — Dante Alighieri
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may… — Lord Chesterfield
The best interpreter of the law is custom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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