Tempts Quotes

60 quotes by 57 authors

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this… — Marcus Aurelius
Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent… — George Chapman
Something quite unexpected has happened. It came this morning early. For various reasons, not in themselves at all mysterious, my heart was lighter than it… — C.S. Lewis
The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man. — James Boswell
The desire for fame tempts even noble minds. — Saint Augustine
The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men. — Norm MacDonald
I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them. — James Russell Lowell
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always… — Martial
Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to… — Booker T. Washington
The devil tempts us to bring out the worst in us, but the Father tests us to bring out the best in us. — Warren W. Wiersbe
What's difficult in life is to stay centered when somebody does or says something that tempts us to close our hearts because their heart was… — Marianne Williamson
The three classic ways in which the Devil tempts us are with a threat, a promise or a seduction. — Paulo Coelho
'Tis dangerous to think - For who by thinking tempts his jealous Fate, Is straight arraign'd as Traytor to the State, And none that come… — John Wilmot
One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys. — E. M. Forster
From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The… — Charles Caleb Colton
There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is… — A J Muste
I'm done with girls on rocks! I've painted them for thirteen years and I could paint them and sell them for thirteen more. That's the… — Maxfield Parrish
The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger. — Frank Herbert
Power tempts even the best of men to take liberties with the truth. — Joseph Sobran
There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to bitterly want what they can't have and ungratefully not want what is… — Robert Ringer

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