"Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it."

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"Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it."

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"Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit."

Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian Writer

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"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

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"I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit."

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David James Elliott, Canadian Actor

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"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"I am not in the habit of taking baritones to supper."

Eric Taylor, American Musician

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"Habit is the nursery of errors."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort."

Christopher Morley, American Author

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"A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

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"A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated."

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"Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year."

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"Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time."

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"To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike."

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"Evil and good are God's right hand and left."

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"Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear."

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"A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron."

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"When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart."

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"Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both."

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"The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron."

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