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A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam read more
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae in pravum
induerunt.]
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.
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.]
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a
character. Sow a character 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.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
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.
