“A man who's active and incisive can yet keep nail-care much in mind: why fight what's known to be decisive? Custom is despot of mankind.” MenMindCareFightingKnownMankindActiveCustomsNailsDespots Author:Alexander Pushkin
“The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both . . . undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.” SoulBodyBeliefSubjectsMankindDependsDiseaseCustomsPeculiar Author:Maimonides
“It isn't pleasant to surrender to the hegemony of a nation which is still wild and primitive, and to concede the absolute superiority of its customs and institutions, science and technology, literature and art. Must one sacrifice so much in the name of the unity of mankind?” ArtStillsLiteratureNamesNationsTechnologySacrificeMankindAbsolutesInstitutionsUnitySurrenderPleasantCustomsPrimitiveSuperiorityScience And TechnologyHegemonyLiterature And Art Author:Czeslaw Milosz
“Bad roads and indifferent inns, ... the continual converse one is obliged to have with the vilest part of mankind - innkeepers, post-masters, and custom house officers.” HouseMankindMastersPostsCustomsOfficersIndifferentObligedConversesInns Book:Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) Source: Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)