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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

Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection. – Ambrose Bierce

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Censorship
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Ambrose Bierce
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. – Ambrose Bierce

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Youth
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Ambrose Bierce
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Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. – Ambrose Bierce

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Humor
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Ambrose Bierce
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Other Quotes from
Habits
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The satisfied, the happy, do not live; they fall asleep in habit, near neighbor to annihilation. – Miguel de Unamuno, The Tragic Sense of Life

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Habits

The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched. – Jo Coudert

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Habits

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. – Anon.

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Habits

To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring. – E. M. Cioran

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Habits

Random Quotes

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. – Joseph Hall

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Reputation

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. – Seth Godin

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Fear

The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves. – Garth Henrichs

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Effort

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled. – Xun Zi

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teacher