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«Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of this world, all things are weighed by the false scale of custom»
«The grate had been removed from the wide overwhelming fireplace, to make way for a fire of wood, in the midst of which was an enormous log glowing and blazing, and sending forth a vast volume of light and heat; this I understood was the Yule-log, which the Squire was particular in having brought in and illumined on a Christmas eve, according to ancient custom.»
«Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent»
«We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at the prompting of books, -- it is our custom to think in the open air, walking, leaping, climbing, or dancing on lonesome mountains by preference, or close to the sea, where even the paths become thoughtful.»
«We are strange beings, we seem to go free, but we go in chains - chains of training, custom, convention, association, environment - in a word, Circumstance - and against these bonds the strongest of us struggle in vain»
«Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest»
«We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature»
Author: Plutarch (Author, Biographer) | Keywords: custom, sensible
«The empire of custom is most mighty.»

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