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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8962 Epitetus AD 50- 138 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8962
AUTHOR:Epictetus (A.D. c. 50–c. 138)
QUOTATION:Every habit and faculty is preserved and increased by correspondent actions,—as the habit of walking, by walking; of running, by running.
ATTRIBUTION:How the Semblances of Things are to be combated. Chap. xviii.