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 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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