I picked up Pandora's jar. The spirit of Hope fluttered inside, trying to warm the cold container. "Hestia," I said, "I give… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
One percent of people will always be honest and never steal," the locksmith said. "Another one percent will always be dishonest and… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Strange as my circumstances were, the terms of this debate are as old and commonplace as man; much the same inducements and… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
God is pleased continually to vary His mode of dealing with us, in order that we may not be tempted to trust… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The note, which had been written on one of the pads I kept around for grocery lists, said, "My lover, I came… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
It's the problem with age. You have all these rusty arguments, and no quarrel to use them in. My brain is a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The heavy red roses smoldering in the foggy morning, blood-colored and uninhibited, made me greedy, and tempted me powerfully to steal one--I… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Outbreaks of unvarnished truths in the backyard of our true self can be very precious and inspiring, even though we might inconsistently… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I… — Natalie Coughlin Copy Share Image
I made a vow that I wouldn't be tempted by what could happen to me if I went to Europe. I thought,… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who… — Michael Howard Copy Share Image
I have precious little sympathy for the selfish propriety of civilized man, and if aware of races should occur between the wild… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without… — Richard Rolle Copy Share Image
“Lass, lass! You are more desirable than any woman I have e'er known." He drew back to look at her. "E'er, I… — Sue-Ellen Welfonder Copy Share Image
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is Faithful; He will not let you be tempted… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No place, no company, no age, no person is temptation-free; let no man boast that he was never tempted, let him not… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Hello, Aaron," Brigid said, sliding up to him and running a finger down his chest. "You're looking good . . . as… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
Imagination in a poet is a faculty so wild and lawless that, like a high ranging spaniel, it must have clogs tied… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Israel knew that there was no greater gift than to be given God's name, but that gift was a frightening reality that… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
There are times when a golfer is tempted to throw her clubs away and forget the whole 'humblin' business.' At other times,… — Babe Didrikson Zaharias Copy Share Image
I haven't had a drink in thirteen years, but occasionally I'm tempted to have one beer. The problem is that if I… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
“His eyes met mine and the rest of the room faded away. ―I‘m always going to keep your heart safe, even if… — P.C. Cast Copy Share Image
Anne Barton is a delightful new voice in historical romance! Once She Was Tempted is a charming read, with characters who are… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
The most remarkable thing about him were his eyes. They were laughing eyes, at once both joyous and tender: they were the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
She was white, perhaps too white. Her eyes, which were almost always cast down, when she raised them testified to the purest… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
As Christians we are tempted to make unnecessary concessions to those outside the faith. We give in too much. Now, I don't… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
When I'm on the road, I wake up early and walk a lot. I'm very healthy. But when I come back home,… — Masaharu Morimoto Copy Share Image
Are you not tempted to create a story for which men and women would live and die, for which they would be… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Don't wear bacon cologne. If you put on...you know what? Screw it. Wear it. If you are the type of guy who… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children , you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
to tempt and be tempted are closely allied; and in spite of all the finest moral maxims buried in the mind, when… — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
And so could you know it if you would only use the brains the good God has given you. Sometimes I really… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I say “illusion” of choice because, in many cases, the nature of their choices hardly reaches the level of will, but of… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The conference also has a moral duty to examine the corruption of science that can be caused by massive amounts of money.… — Patrick Michaels Copy Share Image
It is a fallacy to think that carping is the strongest form of criticism: the important work begins after the artist's mistakes… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
As towards most other things of which we have but little personal experience (foreigners, or socialists, or aristocrats, as the case may… — Vernon Lee Copy Share Image
Confucius was not so much a philsopher as a proto-ideologist: what interested him was not metaphysical Truths but rather a harmonious social… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
