...my wishes by means of them. St Augustine, 397-8, Confessions (trans. RS PineCoffin), I, Sect. 8 9:6 Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth...So we see, in languages the tongue is more pliant to all expressions and sounds, the joints are more supple to all feats of activity and motions, in...

...the force of custom, both upon mind and body. Therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate0 of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain...custom. So we see, in languages the tongue is more pliant0 to all expressions and sounds, the joints are more supple to all feats of activity and motions,0...

...INDUSTRY AND TEMPERANCE. Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body: therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate...customs. .Certainly, custom is most perfect when it begmneth in young years: this we call education, which is, in effect, but an early custom. BACON. WITHOUT...

..." Custom," says my Lord Bacon, " is the principal magistrate of man's life. But custom is certainly most perfect, when it beginneth in young years. This we call education; which, in effect, is but an early custom. But if the force of custom, simple and segregate, be great; the...

...was compensation for taking an unwanted child off her hands. Chapter Three A Life-Changjng Revelation Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth...education, which is in effect but an early custom. The gossipy and scandalous affairs of Elizabeth's court formed the environment in which Francis Bacon...

...present the idea of custom and its importance. By way of conclusion, I would like to quote Francis Bacon: "since custom is the principal magistrate of man's...life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs."119 One way to establish good customs is to adopt the personal perspective advanced by Hume...