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"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."
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"Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."

"If I tell you another seven hundred times, maybe one of these days you might turn your clothes right side out when you put them in the hamper, eh?"

"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."

"I know that trying to begin a new habit may be uncomfortable, inconvenient, or challenging. However, when the goal is to feel terrific, isn't it worth your consideration?"

"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."
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"What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature."

"It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it."

"A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing."

"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."

"I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me."

"It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent."

"It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive."
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