• If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.

  Thomas De Quincey
  British writer 1785-1859
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. sabbath-breaking
2. procrastination
3. robbing
4. little
5. think

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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. by : Thomas De Quincey

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