Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and race commends by custom.

Quote by Arthur Helps

Topics: Custom Quotes, Mankind Quotes

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the...

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the...

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in...

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Experience is the extract of suffering.

Experience is the extract of suffering.

The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot...

The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot...

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by...

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book...

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book...