To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.
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Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.
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What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?
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One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.
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If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
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I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
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