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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much read more
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life.
You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the read more
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will read more
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.