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" All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room. "

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" When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person. "

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" Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature. "

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