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Edward Gibbon

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

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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."

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"Habits grow like dragons if you feed them."

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"Bad habits are demons that often push us into isolation because they know that in our loneliness they stand little chance of being overcome."

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"Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities."

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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."

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"Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit."

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Amber Hurdle

"How use doth breed a habit in a man!"

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"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?"

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

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"Don't let your sins turn into bad habits."

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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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"I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being."
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"The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event."
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