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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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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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 a great deadener. – Samuel Beckett

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Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last. – Chinese Proverb

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