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Habit is necessary it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.

Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton
Age: 75 †
Born: 1862
Born: January 24
Died: 1937
Died: August 11
Novelist
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Writer
New York City
New York
Edith Newbold Jones
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
Alive
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Happiness
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Unafraid
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Habit
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