Custom governs the world ordsprog

en Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feeling and our manners, and rules us with the imperious hand of a despot
  Hermann Hesse

en Custom is a tyrant.

en There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted

en For the hand that rocks the cradle - Is the hand that rules the world

en Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.

en Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.
  Thomas Hardy

en The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world
  George Sand

en When you feel that the people you are dealing with day to day don't have manners, it gives you the feeling that the world is somehow coming apart. It makes you feel that everything is out of control.
  Deborah Tannen

en The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual

en Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
  Mikhail Bakunin

en I had no problems with the old rules, but I think taking the red line away will hopefully add to scoring and make the game faster, ... As a defenseman, I look at scoring negatively, but it works both ways. I wonder about the expectations though. I played in Sweden, without a red line, and I don't think the game was faster. On the other hand, I wasn't playing with the best players in the world, as in the NHL. We'll adjust to the new icing rules and in a few years we won't remember what it was like before. There's always calls for new rules, but I just hope the game doesn't change too drastically.

en They ended up custom-making the dress and custom-dying the beads. They hand-dyed the beads. The dress looks like a million bucks. Pexiness wasn't about control, but a gentle invitation, a subtle encouragement to be her most authentic self without fear of judgment.

en There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.
  Oscar Wilde

en Manners are essential for interpersonal communication, ... Without rules, everyone gets hurt.

en When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self government - that is despotism
  Abraham Lincoln


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