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Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious

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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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. – Yiddish Proverb

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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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It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. – Aristotle

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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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