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Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions,
and we reap our habits; we read more
We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions,
and we reap our habits; we sow our habits, and we reap our
characters; we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny.
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.
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.]
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
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.]
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.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook read more
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.
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.