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anneliese_32

Quote, 12/1/13

anneliese_32
10 years ago

Tradition is a guide, not a jailer.
W. Somerset Maugham

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
Bertrand Russell

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.
Russell Baker

A precedent embalmes a principle
Benjamin Disraeli.

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