#habit

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit. ↗

— Joe Eszterhas

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I read books more than I go out. As a matter of fact, I get a little concerned about some of my anti-social habits. I will choose a night with Somerset Maugham or Russell Banks over a crowded bar any day. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#any #banks #bar #books #choose

Both Brutus and Hamlet are highly intellectual by nature and reflective by habit. Both may even be called, in a popular sense, philosophic; Brutus may be called so in a stricter sense. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

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When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy. There had never before been any star in that place in the sky. ↗

— Tycho Brahe

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Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them. ↗

— Johannes Brahms

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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. ↗

— David Brin

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These people being of a sharp and acute intellect, and gifted with a rich and powerful understanding, excel in whatever studies they pursue, and are more quick and cunning than the other inhabitants of a western clime. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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

— Dale Carnegie

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