"Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us."

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"Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us."

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"Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame."

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"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."

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"Habit is habit and not to be thrown out of the window by any man but coaxed downstairs a step at a time."

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"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible."

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