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— Jacques Maritain"The first step to be taken by everyone who wishes to act morally is to decide not to act according to the general customs and doings of his fellow-men."
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When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.
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