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It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will remember the war against our government just as long as there are inhabitants here. ↗

— Knute Nelson

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You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit. ↗

— Joe Paterno

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The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise. ↗

— Charles Sanders Peirce

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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. ↗

— Petrarch

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Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ↗

— Plautus

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Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. ↗

— Quintilian

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I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

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Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny. ↗

— Charles Reade

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