Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Habit is a shackle for the free. - Ambrose Bierce

Habit is a shackle for the free. – Ambrose Bierce

Other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket. – Ambrose Bierce

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Dental
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. – Ambrose Bierce

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Fear
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. – Ambrose Bierce

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History
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. – St. Augustine

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Good habits result from resisting temptation. – Proverb

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The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. – Somerset Maugham

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Habits

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor. – William James, The Principles of Psychology

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