#temptation

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. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. ↗

— George Muller

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We must resist the temptation of once again turning America into the traditional bogeyman of the left. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

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It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it. ↗

— Bob Newhart

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We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. ↗

— Mae West

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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

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Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

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What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

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The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

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