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The chain of habit coils itself around the heart like a serpent, to gnaw and stifle it.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Painter
Philosopher
Writer
Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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Chains
Habit
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Heart
Coils
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Serpent

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