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"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."
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"Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame."
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Personal Development
"Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible."
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"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
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"I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table."
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"Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters."
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"Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful."
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"I also smoked two cigarettes, which was pretty good considering I could have smoked five if I'd really tried."
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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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"Winning is a habit."
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"I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from."
Wisdom
"I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but the young writer that is as I say demon-driven and wants to learn and has got to write, he don't know why, he will learn from almost any source that he finds. He will learn from older people who are not writers, he will learn from writers, but he learns it -- you can't teach it."
Creativity
"Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life."
Time
"I will never lie again."
Truth
"Though children can accept adults as adults, adults can never accept children as anything but adults too."
Society
"Freedom comes with the decision: it does not wait for the act."
Freedom
"Only fools imply compliments. The wise man comes right out with it, point-blank. Imply criticism--unless the criticized isn't within earshot."
Manners
"When it's a matter of not-do, I reckon a man can trust himself for advice. But when it comes to a matter of doing, I reckon a fellow had better listen to all the advice he can get."
Wisdom
"It's always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret. Father said that. That Christ was not crucified: he was worn away by a minute clicking of little wheels. That had no sister."
Regret
"You don't love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults."
Love
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