#tempt

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt. ↗

— John Reed

#authorities #comes #contempt #every #excites

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of. ↗

— Catherine II

#already #anything #aware #excited #farther

We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who had truly understood the lessons of that World War, thus attempting to prevent its recurrence. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#fought #had #led #lessons #men

Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation. ↗

— John Denham

#genius #his #less #nor #ought

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#amazed #basically #contempt #convinced #dogs

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God. ↗

— Victoria Jackson

#back #bind #god #himself #man

And there had to be a dagger thrust in the heart of the left to tell them that you are no longer gonna give five years for a Smith Act prosecution or one year for Contempt of Court, but we're gonna kill ya! ↗

— Julius Rosenberg

#contempt #court #dagger #five #give

Much of outcomes research is a systematic attempt to exploit what is known and make it better. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#better #exploit #known #make #much

Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#contempt #go #jail #me #rotten

You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#cite #contempt #honor #i #me