“Habit is stronger than nature.”
Consuetudo natura potentior est.
Quintus Curtius Rufus Roman historian
V, 5, 21.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book V
“Nothing is stronger than habit.”
— Ovid, book Ars amatoria
Variant translation: Nothing is more powerful than custom.
Book II, line 345
Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love)
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