A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. Washington Irving
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. George Santayana
This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world. Arthur Erickson
I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything. Clifford Geertz
