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    How use doth breed a habit in a man!
    This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
    I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.

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To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.

To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.

by Miguel De Unamuno Found in: Habit Quotes,
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When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.

by James Baldwin Found in: Habit Quotes,
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A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and read more

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

by Charles Reade Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam read more

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae in pravum
induerunt.]

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How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]

How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]

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We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions,
and we reap our habits; we read more

We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions,
and we reap our habits; we sow our habits, and we reap our
characters; we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny.

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Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.

Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.

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Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]

Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]

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