"People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom."

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The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a meeting, or knot, of a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together : so are there a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

— Francis Bacon