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    A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

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First we make our habits, then our habits make us.

First we make our habits, then our habits make us.

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The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.

The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.

by Marcel Proust Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]

Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]

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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Habit Quotes,
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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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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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Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.

by Lillian Hellman Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]

Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]

by Quintus Curtius Rufus Found in: Habit Quotes,
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