George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax - Habit Quotes

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When by habit a man cometh to have a bargaining soul, its wings are cut, so that it can never soar. It bindeth reason an apprentice to gain, and instead of a director, maketh it a drudge.

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Every single Act either weakeneth or improveth our Credit with other Men ; and as an habit of being just to our Word will confirm, so an habit of too freely dispensing with it must necessarily destroy it.

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax