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The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse fo

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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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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Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves. – Horace Bushnell

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Habits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits are also weakened or broken, and contrary habits are formed by the repetition of contrary acts. – Mortimer J. Adler

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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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