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Oscar Wilde
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But the bravest man amongst us is afraid of himself. The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives. We are punished for our refusals. Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us.
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John Webster
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Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear;
As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
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Sam Levenson
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is we'll find it.
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Jean Anouilh
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Saintliness is also a temptation.
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Mae West
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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T. S. Eliot
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The last temptation is the greatest treason to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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MRS. BROWNING: _Aurora Leigh,_ Bk. i., Line 703.
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Capacity for joy Admits temptation.
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Bible
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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
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Albert Camus
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The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence cynicism.
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Robert Francis Kennedy
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The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Robert Browning
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Why comes temptation, but for man to meet and master and crouch beneath his foot, and so be pedestaled in triumph
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Calvin Coolidge
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Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It doesn't appear to belong to anyone. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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ROBERT BROWNING: _The Ring and the Book,_ Line 1185.
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Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master, and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?
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LONGFELLOW: _Resignation_
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Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead.
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Andrew Schneider
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Continuous unremitting darkness has been known to send some people into an emotional tailspin, so the management here at KBHR radio suggests locking away the firearms. The desire to stick that 45 between the teeth can get pretty strong at times, so why invite temptation.
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BUTLER: _Hudibras,_ Pt. ii., Canto ii., Line 233.
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'Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human actions evil; For saints may do the same things by The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do: And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wick
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Jimmy Carter
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We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.
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I can resist everything except temptation.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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I can resist anything but temptation.
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Virtue is insufficient temptation.
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Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
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Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.
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"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
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'Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again.' - L. Long.
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Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
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Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation.
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Good habits result from resisting temptation.
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I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
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Lawer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation.
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Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
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Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.
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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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The problem most people have with resisting temptation is that they never really want to discourage it altogether.
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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
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Why comes temptation, but for man to meet and master and crouch beneath his foot, and so be pedestaled in triumph?
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Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.
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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.
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We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
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"Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again." - Lazarus Long
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Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
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An institution which is populare because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
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"Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again." - L. Long
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"<laugh> You don't have to give into temptation *every* time..<g>"
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"Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again." - Heinlein
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"Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again." -L. Long
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There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
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"Always yield to temptation - it may never pass your way again." - RAH
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"I can resist anything but temptation."
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