Quote by Samuel Johnson
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. – Samuel Johnson

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Happiness
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The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity… The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. – Samuel Johnson

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Habits
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Habits are safer than rules; you dont have to watch them. And you dont have to keep them either. They keep you. – Frank Crane

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Habits

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. – Jim Ryun

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Habits

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. – Jean Cocteau

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Habits

The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind. – Maria De Beausacq

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Habits

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Our musics kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful. – Jerry Cantrell

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Although there are many trial marriages… there is no such thing as a trial child. – Gail Sheehy

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