Thomas Bailey Aldrich - A habit leads a man so gently in the beginning that he does not perceive he ...

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A habit leads a man so gently in the beginning that he does not perceive he is led - with what silken threads and down what pleasant avenues it leads him! By and by, the soft silk threads become iron chains, and the pleasant avenues Avernus!

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Eine Gewohnheit führt einen Menschen am Anfang so sanft an, dass er nicht wahrnimmt, dass er geführt wird - mit welchen seidenen Fäden und auf welchen angenehmen Wegen es ihn führt! Nach und nach werden die weichen Seidenfäden zu Eisenketten und die angenehmen Straßen Avernus!

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