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Custom Quotes by John Dewey
- The routine of custom tends to deaden even scientific inquiry; it stands in the way of discovery and of the active scientific worker. For discovery…
- The notion that "applied" knowledge is somehow less worthy than "pure" knowledge, was natural to a society in which all useful work was performed by…
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- Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila
- Grant me the ability to be alone, May it be my custom to go outdoors each day among the trees and grasses… — Nachman of Breslov
- In the custom of mourning, the fabric of the night had been ripped, revealing a star at each tiny tear. — Jodi Picoult
- Custom is second nature. — Saint Augustine
- No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions… — Ruth Benedict
- The best interpreter of the law is custom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero