Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Habit Quotes

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...

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

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.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise

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...

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to...

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to...