Desuetude

• Desuetude must needs beget sloth, and sloth decay. —  The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura
• Desuetude, innocuous, 669. —  Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
• Desuetude and crumbling enhance the grandeur of a temple. —  The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
• The Inequality of his advancing his hinder Legs, is helpt by a Jerk on the Fillets by some body behind him with a Rod The laborious Motion of going sideways_, being fitter for the War-Horse, than the Horse for Pleasure, usefull for the avoiding a Blow may come from an Enemy, I omit here, refering you to that Thus much for those material Lessons which the Rider ought to teach his Horse for War or Pleasure_, and therefore I shall conclude this Head, with this Caveat_, That in whatever Lesson your Horse is most imperfect, begin and end with_; and remember, that Exercise makes things as it were natural; when Desuetude is the forerunner of Forgetfulness, and Ignorance the Consequent of Both OF Cock-fighting I shall not enlarge on the praises of this Recreation, its Nobleness_, Delight_, and Simplicity_, devoyd of Cheat or Deceit, but what is most material to our purpose succinctly declare. —  The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing
• Desuetude. —  FP Passport

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