#temptation

I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#temptation

Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their ideas, rather than to the temptations of utopia, that we must ask that our judges adhere. ↗

— Robert Bork

#ask #constitution #endorsed #ideas #judges

Temptation to behave is terrible. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#temptation #terrible

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#i #i can #into #lead #me

I'd never say no to surgery in the future, because I feel like, as I get older, I'm going to face temptation more. ↗

— Marcia Cross

#face #feel #future #get #going

The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#give #great #life #our #private

So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#exist #force #long #military #military force

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it. ↗

— James Allen

#gravitate #heart #his #man #responding

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep. ↗

— Matthew Henry

#comes #dangerous #fine #gay #many

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality. ↗

— James A. Michener

#confuse #defeat #dreams #life #permanent