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«Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.»
«Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking;»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
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«First, the baby loves mother's milk; second, he learns of his mother and father; third, his brothers, sisters and aunts; fourth, the love of play awakens. Fifth, he runs after food and drink; sixth, in his sexual desire, he does not respect social customs. Seventh, he gathers wealth and dwells in his house; eighth, he becomes angry, and his body is consumed. Ninth, he turns grey, and his breathing becomes labored; tenth, he is cremated, and turns to ashes. His companions send him off, crying out and lamenting. The swan of the soul takes flight, and asks which way to go.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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aunts, companions, cremate, cremated, customs, eighth, first flight, gathers, grey, lamenting, ninth, seventh, sexual desire, sixth, social gathering, swan, The Swan
«He sees that this great roundaboutThe world, with all its motley rout,Church, army, physic, law,Its customs and its businesses,Is no concern at all of his,And says -- what says he? -- Caw.»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
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businesses, caw, customs, laws and customs, Laws of physics, motley, physic, roundabout, rout
«And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.»
«A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.»
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(Author, Pilot, Writer)
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accumulated, accumulates, accumulating, centuries, civilization, customs, distance, elements, heritage, justify, justifying, open up, paths, slowly
«HARBOR, n. A place where ships taking shelter from stores are exposed to the fury of the customs.»
«Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
customs, laws and customs, Laws of nature, the laws of nature, tribe
«He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
barbarian, customs, laws and customs, Laws of nature, The Barbarians, tribe
«America is destined to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of social usages and customs»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| About:
America and Americans
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accustomed, customs, destined, One Nation, peopled, political system, political systems, professes, professing, social system, social systems, tenor, Tenors
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