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Habit hath so vast a prevalence over the human mind that there is scarce anything too strange or too strong to be asserted of it. the story of the miser who, from long accustoming to cheat others, came at last to cheat himself, and with great delight and triumph picked his own pocket of a guinea to convey to his hoard, is not impossible or improbable.
-Henry Fielding
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Habit Hath So Vast A Prevalence Over

Henry Fielding
Habit hath so vast a prevalence over the human mind that there is scarce anything too strange or too strong to be asserted of it. the story of the miser who, from long accustoming to cheat others, came at last to cheat himself, and with great delight and triumph picked his own pocket of a guinea to convey to his hoard, is not impossible or improbable.
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