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Temptation Quotes by Thomas a Kempis
- Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.
- We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
- Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will never…
- Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various…
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- It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. — Walter Bagehot
- Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you. — Joey Adams
- All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. — Ambrose Bierce
- Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might… — Theodore Bikel
- For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous… — Erma Bombeck
- People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available… — Katherine Boo
- Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their ideas, rather than to the temptations of… — Robert Bork
- I do not have a merchandise line. I don't sell knives or apparel. Though I have been approached to endorse various products… — Anthony Bourdain
- Temptation to behave is terrible. — Bertolt Brecht
- Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. — Rita Mae Brown