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Customs Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Long customs are not easily broken; he that attempts to change the course of his own life very often labors in vain; and how shall…
- The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs.
- He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar…
More Customs Quotes
- Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but… — Francis Bacon
- No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions… — Ruth Benedict
- I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving… — Buffalo Bill
- The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be… — George Washington
- There is always change, bad customs pass and give way to better ones. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
- We become aware, however, that all customs, even the hardest, grow pleasanter and milder with time, and that the severest way of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of 9:1 could… — Kenneth Clarke