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Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but 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.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone.
It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone.
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and 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.
I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits read more
I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must
yield to them.
[Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;
Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.]