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Habit is Second Nature

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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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Hackney Horses
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