[1] Every habit and capacity is supported and strengthened by the corresponding actions, that of walking by walking, that of running by running. [2] If you want to be a good reader, read, or a good writer, write. But if you pass thirty days without reading and turn to something else, you’ll notice the consequences. [3] So also if you lie in bed for ten days, and then get up and try to walk a fair distance, you’ll see how weak your legs are. [4] In general, then, if you want to do something, make a habit of doing it; and if you don’t want to do something, don’t do it, but get into the habit of
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