Quote by Hosea Ballou
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as a

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page. – Hosea Ballou

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The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration. – Hosea Ballou

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A habit is something you can do without thinking — which is why most of us have so many of them. – Frank A. Clark

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Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have. – Dale Carnegie

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Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse. – Chaucer

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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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