Aristotle quotes on habit

Thus, a habit is a habit of something, knowledge is knowledge of something, attitude is the attitude of something
Source: Aristotle, The Categories

For the state or habit may possibly exist in a subject without effecting any good,

But since he admits, that all their property may be increased fivefold, why should he not allow the same increase to the country? he ought also to consider whether his allotment of the houses will be useful to the community, for he appoints two houses to each person, separate from each other; but it is inconvenient for a person to inhabit two houses
Source: Aristotle, Poetics

This they did because they thought it was a necessary first step in the direction of restoring harmony; but in other states, so far from the democratic parties making advances from their own possessions, they are rather in the habit of making a general redistribution of the land
Source: Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution

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