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Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a
character. Sow a character read more
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a
character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam read more
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae in pravum
induerunt.]
Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]
Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]
Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook read more
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits