A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.

  • -- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus 伊拉斯谟

一颗钉子被另一颗钉子钉出来;习惯战胜习惯。

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Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject the doctrine it no longer believes, it will continue to feel the same sentiments formerly associated with that doctrine.

思想的习惯延续了几个世纪;虽然一个健康的大脑可能会拒绝它不再相信的学说,但它会继续感受到与那个学说有关的相同的情感。

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.

习惯是第二天性,它能破坏第一天性。但什么是自然?为什么习惯不是自然的?我很担心,自然本身只是第一个习惯,就像习惯是第二天性一样。