Quote#Freedom
How shall I a habit break?
Quote byJohn Boyle O'Reilly · 1844–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Builder's Lesson..
English (original)
How shall I a habit break? As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose; As you yielded, now refuse. Thread by thread the strands we twist Till they bind us, neck and wrist. Thread by thread the patient hand Must untwine, ere free we stand. As we builded, stone by stoene, We must toil, unhelped, alone, Till the wall is overthrown.
— John Boyle O'Reilly
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