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Habits are the shorthand of behavior.
Habits are the shorthand of behavior.
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]
Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]
In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.
In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine read more
A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
