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Benjamin Franklin3 quotes
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738‘Tis easier to prevent bad Habits than to break them. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Aristotle1 quote
Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit. — Aristotle · 322 BCFlannery O'Connor1 quote
Routine is a condition of survival. — Flannery O'Connor · 1962Shunryu Suzuki1 quote
A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970William James1 quote
Habit is... The enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance. — William James · 1890William Wordsworth1 quote
Not choice
But habit rules the unreflecting herd. — William Wordsworth · 1822