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second nature
«It becomes part of a person's second nature; he belongs to the church, like he belongs to his family, and he does not quit his family because someone in it turns out to be a rascal.»
«Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments»
Author: Marcel Proust
(Author, Novelist)
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cruelties, enchantments, prevents, second nature
«Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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second nature
«Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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destroys, second nature, very much
«Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically depicted, it will be as it were an ape of nature, which imitates nothing to the life, but only clumsily and awkwardly»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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as it were, awkwardly, clumsily, depict, depicted, depicting, depicts, formed, second nature, skillfully, wisely
«You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.»
«You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.»
Author: Les Brown
(Author, Entrepreneur, motivational speaker)
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clearly, second nature, set out, specifically