“Plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized nations, proceeds often from that change of manners which opulence has produced. Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries; but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.” WantNeedsGivingNamesNationsCausesPoorPovertyOriginalsPlentyMannersCivilizedCustomsConsumerismOverconsumptionOpulenceCivilized Nations Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752 Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
“When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.” IfsGivingChurchCustomsRomeOffenceMilan Author:Ambrose
“Even as he would be guilty of falsehood who would, in the name of another person, proffer things that are not committed to him, so too does a man incur the guilt of falsehood who, on the part of the Church, gives worship to God contrary to the manner established by the Church or divine authority, and according to ecclesiastical custom.” MenGivingPersonsDoeWould BeNamesChurchDivineHe ManAuthorityWorshipGuiltCommittedContraryGuiltyCustomsCatholicismFalsehood Book:Summa Theologica.ed Source: Summa Theologica.ed