ProverbMorality
English origin
English originA bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.
Meaning: Harmful habits deteriorate further if preserved, but improve immediately when deliberately destroyed.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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