#tempt

The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to give some description of the method by which the effect is produced. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#author #been #chinese #countries #description

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#come #dying #many #mature #may

All sins are attempts to fill voids. ↗

— Simone Weil

#fill #sins

Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know. ↗

— Arsene Wenger

#enough #fight #know #some #strong

People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try. ↗

— Kanye West

#attempt #cause #cop-out #everybody #i

I can resist everything except temptation. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#except #i #i can #resist #temptation

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#i #really #requires #strength #tell

Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#cultural #direction #flows #i #i can

I like to play board games a lot with my girl, things like that. We attempt to cook. And even if it goes wrong, it doesn't matter because it's the time you spend doing it that's important. ↗

— Sam Worthington

#because #board #cook #doing #even

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work. ↗

— Joe Wright

#i #know #learn #lots #presume