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Laws change more slowly than custom, and though dangerous when they fall behind the times are more dangerous still when the presume to anticipate custom.
Laws change more slowly than custom, and though dangerous when they fall behind the times are more dangerous still when the presume to anticipate custom.
Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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- Marguerite Yourcenar
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- Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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