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A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
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.
Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits
Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.
Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]
Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]