The wise saw of Diogĕnēs, the cynic. (B.C. 412–323.)
Shakespeare: “Use almost can change the stamp of nature” (Hamlet, iii. 4).
French: “Lʹhabitude est une seconde nature.”
Latin: “Usus est optĭmus magister” (Columella).
Italian: “Lʹabito è una seconda natura.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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