The first evil choice or act is linked to the second ; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny. – As Lessing says, 'Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.'


A Dictionary of Thoughts, p. 152.


The first evil choice or act is linked to the second ; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power ...

The first evil choice or act is linked to the second ; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power ...

The first evil choice or act is linked to the second ; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power ...

The first evil choice or act is linked to the second ; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power ...