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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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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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Habit with him was all the test of truth, it must be right: Ive done it from my youth. – George Crabbe

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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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Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. – Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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