Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Habit Quotes

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an...

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Never criticize your spouse's faults; if it weren't for them, your mate might have found...

Never criticize your spouse's faults; if it weren't for them, your mate might have found...

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their...

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their...

Never criticize your spouse's faults; if it weren't for them, your mate might have found...

Never criticize your spouse's faults; if it weren't for them, your mate might have found...