William Shakespeare Quotes, Temptation Quotes

Temptation: the fiend at my elbow.

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Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.

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'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

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ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.

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A fast to be true must be accompanied by a readiness to receive pure thoughts and determination to resist all Satan's temptations.

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Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.

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Virtue is insufficient temptation.

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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency.

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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

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We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course.

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There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn.

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PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.

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No temptation, no pressure, no enticing can overcome us unless we allow such. If we make the wrong choice, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

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We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course.

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Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil

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He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had wasted earth.

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The world can be a challenging and difficult place in which to live. We are often surrounded by that which would drag us down. As you and I go to the holy houses of God, as we remember the covenants we make within, we will be more able to bear every trial and to overcome each temptation. In this sacred sanctuary we will find peace; we will be renewed and fortified.

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Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

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