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Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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.
A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]
How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
