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To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
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.]
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
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.]
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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.]
