Temptation

(339 votes)   Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

H. L. Mencken
1880-1956, American Editor, Author, Critic, Humorist

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(336 votes)   He who is not tempted, what does he know? And he who is not tried, what are the things he knows? [Ecclesiasticus]

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Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism

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(321 votes)   We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(313 votes)   O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!

William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor

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(306 votes)   The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
1742-1799, German Physicist, Satirist

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(298 votes)   How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy Word. Thy Word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee. [Psalms 119:9-11]

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Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism

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(297 votes)   Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.

John Milton
1608-1674, British Poet

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(288 votes)   Remove the temptation of idleness and cupids bow is useless.

Ovid
BC 43-18 AD, Roman Poet

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(285 votes)   We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author

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(282 votes)   Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

Orlando A. Battista

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(267 votes)   Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

Frederick W. Faber
1814-1863, British Priest, Hymn Writer

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(255 votes)   Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.

Joseph De Maistre
1753-1821, French Diplomat, Philosopher

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(247 votes)   Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

John Bunyan
1628-1688, British Author

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