Tempted Quotes

• Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.

  Martha Gellhorn

  Country, Kindness, Promise

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• Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.

  Barbara Hepworth

  Yield, Hybridity, Produce

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• Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.

  Edward de Bono

  Bible, Submission To God, Temptation

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• All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Motivational, Men, Broken

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Temptation, Gains

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.298, Library of America

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• The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Successful, Temptation, Dangerous

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 120, 1799.

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

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Temptation, One Thing

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare Quotations”, p.280, A&C Black

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• Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Badass, Anger

  H. L. Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (2010). “H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series”, Hubsta Ltd

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• To tempt, and to be tempted, are things very nearly allied, and, in spite of the finest maxims of morality impressed upon the mind, 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, and I have yet to learn how it is possible to prevent its being excited.

  Catherine the Great

  Feelings, Temptation, Already Gone

  "The Memoirs of Catherine the Great". Book translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom, 2005.

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• Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Thinking, Mirrors, Perspective

  Stephen Jay Gould (2011). “Full House”, p.73, Harvard University Press

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• Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Break Up

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Dec 16, 2011

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• When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

  Sydney J. Harris

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

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• Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.

  Joey Adams

  Funny, Life, Birthday

  Joey Adams (1981). “Strictly for laughs”, A & W Publishers, Inc.

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• Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

  Don Herold

  Temptation, Resisting Temptation

  Don Herold (1925). “Bigger & better”

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• Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

  Orlando Aloysius Battista

  Opportunity, Second Chance, Giving

  Orlando Aloysius Battista (1981). “Quotoons: a speaker's dictionary”, Perigee

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• Man shall not live by bread alone.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Bible, Jesus, Food

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• No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Temptation, Objects, Values

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• Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Temptation, Weapons

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.620, Vintage

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• I can resist everything except temptation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

  Lady Windermere's Fan act 1 (1892) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Mae West 19; Wilde 25

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• Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.

  John Milton

  God, Temptation, Taste

  John Milton (1873). “The third (fourth, fifth) book of Milton's Paradise lost: with a prose tr. and notes, by J. Hunter”, p.9

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• No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted.

  George Eliot

  Art, Men, Temptation

  George Eliot (2016). “Complete Works Of George Eliot”, p.1664, ShandonPress

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• When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Giving Up, Break Through

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• We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough.

  Augustus William Hare

  Motivational, Real, Fall

  Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”, p.180

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• Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

  Margaret Oliphant

  Inspirational, Temptation, Self Help

  Margaret Oliphant (2014). “Miss Marjoribanks”, p.533, The Floating Press

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