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

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

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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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"Habits grow like dragons if you feed them."

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

"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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