Accustomed Quotes

382 quotes by 335 authors

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come… — Marcus Aurelius
Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as… — Marcus Aurelius
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. — Teresa of Avila
An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we… — Ezra Taft Benson
Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored. — John Berger
It's been a long blessed career. I've been riddled with injuries the past two and a half years and haven't been able to quite compete… — Terrence Trammell
Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion I have forgotten all difference between myself and others — Milarepa
It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent. — Benjamin Franklin
One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too… — Brother Lawrence
Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you… — Abraham Lincoln
It is the duty of all papas and mammas to forbid their children to drink coffee, unless they wish to have little dried-up machines, stunted… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it were, in a… — Niccolo Machiavelli
There are no conditions to which a man cannot become accustomed. — Leo Tolstoy
A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. "Much obliged," said he, pushing the plate aside, "I am… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction of Pompeii, like the metamorphosis… — Marcel Proust
History teaches that a race of people is best preserved where the greater number hold one common spirit in consequence of the similarity of their… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with what… — Jacques Barzun
Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of… — Albert Schweitzer
I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body of knowledge,' but… — Karl Popper

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