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Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments
Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature; but all things become so through habit
To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is a habit
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities
If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing him
The less routine the more life
If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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