ἡ γὰρ συνήθεια δεινὴ τοῖς κατὰ μικρὸν ἐνοικειουμένοις πάθεσι πόρρω προαγαγεῖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον → for habituation has a strange power to lead men onward by a gradual familiarization of the feelings
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sutil, tenue en gran medida λόγος PMasp.2.1.7 (VI d.C.).