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“And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,--though he may become perfectly identified with another nation, and speak its language well, perhaps better than his own,--yet never can he succeed in changing his handwriting to a foreign style.”

Thinking Men Wells May Speak Language Nations Style Habit Succeed Dresses Shakes Accents Handwriting

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“The dress does not make the monk. [Fr., L'habit ne fait le moine.]”

Doe Habit Dresses Appearance Monk

Author:Francois Rabelais

“what was time but a convention, a habit of mind, a custom of dress?”

Mind Time Habit Dresses Customs Conventions Habits Of Mind

Book:Shylock's Daughter: A Novel of Love in Venice

Source: Shylock's Daughter: A Novel of Love in Venice

“Young men may enjoy dropping their work at five or six o'clock and slipping into a dress suit for an evening of pleasure; but the habit has certain drawbacks.”

Men May Young Certain Enjoy Pleasure Five Habit Six Dresses Suits Evening Clock Young Man Dropping Slipping Drawbacks

Book:Succeeding With What You Have

Source: Succeeding With What You Have

“The man of leadership caliber will work while others waste time, study while others sleep, pray while others play. There will be no place for loose or lazy habits in word or thought, deed or dress. He will observe a soldierly discipline, diet and deportment, so that he may wage a good warfare.”

Men May Play Sleep Study He Man Praying Habit Discipline Waste Dresses Deeds Diets Lazy Wasting Time Warfare Caliber

Author:J. Oswald Sanders

“It's funny how strangers can pass in front of you every day and all you see is a flat shadow, a vague outline, not noticing any of the details. They move in a gray crowd, always looking the same and acting the same, simple caricatures of who they really are, but once you get to know them, you notice the specific, tiniest things, you pay attention to the intricacies of their personalities, their habits and particular ways of walking and talking, the subtle changes in their appearance and dress.”

Source: As Simple as Snow

“How do cultures differ from one another? Above all, in their customs. Tell me how you dress, how you act, what are your habits, which gods you honor, and I will tell you who you are. Man not only creates culture, he carries it around with him. Man is culture.”

Men Culture Habit Honor Tradition Dresses Who You Are Carrie Customs

Book:Travels with Herodotus

Source: Travels with Herodotus

“What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold.”

Way Believe May Matter Use Language Views Situation Habit No Matter What Dresses Point Of View Appeals Grandparent

Author:Tommy Lee Jones

“Architecture, like dress, is an exercise in good manners, and good manners involve the habit of skillful insincerity - the habit of saying "good morning" to those whose mornings you would rather blight, and of passing the butter to those you would rather starve.”

Inspiration Morning Habit Exercise Dresses Architecture Passing Passings Manners Good Man Skillful Good Manners Insincerity Blight

Author:Roger Scruton

“If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.”

Ifs Accepting Habit Easier Dresses Old Habits

Author:Charles Duhigg