"True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing."

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"True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing."

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

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Habit,

"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Habit, Habits, World

"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Habit,

"Habits grow like dragons if you feed them."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Habit, Power, Truth, Wisdom, Regret

"Habit is the nursery of errors."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Habit, Errors

"You are not smoking cigarette, it's cigarette that is smoking you."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Habit, Addiction, Irony, Control, Health

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

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Habit, Effect, Excess, Moderation

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

Mark Twain, American Author

Habit, Change, Patience, Progress

"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

Habit, Reading, Ambition, Books, Procrastination

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

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Habit, Habits, Living

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"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."

Will

"There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them."

Truth

"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"

Success

"Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity."

God

"There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul."

Love

"The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head."

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

"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."

"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."

"Habits grow like dragons if you feed them."

"Habit is the nursery of errors."

"You are not smoking cigarette, it's cigarette that is smoking you."

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

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

"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."

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

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"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."

"There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them."

"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"

"Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity."

"One must be a living man and a posthumous artist."

"Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself."

"The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth."

"I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?"

"There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul."

"The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head."