Custom is petrification, nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a ce…

Mark Twain
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Custom is petrification, nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a century. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.74, Courier Corporation
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