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A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]
Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.