Quotes 21 till 40 of 50.
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Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
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Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.
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Most dangerous is that temptation that doth good us on to sin to loving virtue.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.
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Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!
American Pastoral (1997) -
Nothing is easier than spending the public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin, without the fresh memory of World War II's slaughter, it is tempting to pursue our private agendas - to simply sit back and let history unfold. We must resist the temptation.
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Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less temptation, betray each other to their children.
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Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.
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Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.
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Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.
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Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.
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The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.
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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 pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.
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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
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