Choose the best life; for habit will make it pleasant
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Select a good lifestyle because repetition turns even difficult choices into comfortable habits.
- In plain terms
- Pick good habits early because they become easier over time.
- What can you take from it?
- Choose good habits early to make life pleasant.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What habits define your life?
- Which choice will you make today?
Another view
Habit can also cement bad choices as easily as good ones.
More from Francis Bacon
Imagination was given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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