“Lawyers belong to the people by birth and interest, and to the aristocracy by habit and taste; they may be looked upon as the connecting link of the two great classes of society.” PeopleMayTwoInterestClassBirthHabitTasteLawyerLinksConnectingAristocracyClasses Of Society Book:Democracy in America Source: Democracy in America
“Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary to his nature.” MenBirthHabitVicesContrarySavagesDisposition Author:Plutarch
“The life-history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. From the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture, and by the time he is grown and able to take part in its activities, its habits are his habits, its beliefs his beliefs, its impossibilities his impossibilities.” FirstsLittlesMomentsAbleCultureIndividualBeliefBornCommunityBirthHabitActivityShapesCreaturesBehaviorStandardsPatternsCustomsImpossibilityAccommodations Author:Ruth Benedict
“In an economy, an act, a habit, an institution, or a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause - it is seen. The others unfold in succession - they are not seen. Now this difference is enormous, for it is often true that when the immediate consequence is favorable, the ultimate consequences are fatal, and the converse.” GivingFirstsLawCausesDifferencesEconomyEffectsBirthHabitConsequenceUltimateInstitutionsSeriesInvestingEnormousSuccessionConverses Author:Frederic Bastiat
“The life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a higher caste, not ennobled by birth, however, but through deliberate self-initiation.” PeopleShouldSelfArtistBirthHabitDeliberateDistinguishedInitiationBrahmins Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Look at Mann's reading habits, his explicit comments on Nietzsche, and his copy of Birth of Tragedy, and it starts to seem doubtful that this work of Nietzsche's played much role in the gestation of the novella.” LooksSeemsReadingRolesBirthHabitTragedyCopiesCommentDoubtfulExplicitReading HabitsGestation Author:Philip Kitcher
“Do you know that, until recently, poor people brought children into the world for the sole purpose of making use of them? But how can you change, by force or all of a sudden, an age-old habit? The only way is to plan births, by one means or another.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayMeanChildrenUseAgePurposeForcePoorPlansBirthHabitDo You KnowSolePoor PeopleOld Habits Author:Indira Gandhi
“Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes a birth gift and afterwards is fostered as a habit.” CharacterIndividualPersonalityBirthHabitCustomsThoroughSubjection Book:Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two Source: Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two