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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.]
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.]
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
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.
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!]
