#tempt

The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#beauty #because #dangerous #ego #goodness

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#beliefs #call #extremely #forgotten #grounds

Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#attempt #deal #his #little #much

I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by this administration to special interests which will result in more mercury in the blood of young children in America. ↗

— Jay Inslee

#administration #america #attempted #because #blood

When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure. ↗

— Maude Adams

#attempt #complete #course #failure #first

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#culture #exclusive #live

Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature. ↗

— George Ade

#current #keep #literature #more #mortals

Familiarity breeds contempt. ↗

— Aesop

#contempt #familiarity #familiarity breeds

Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#attempt #besides #body #class #define

Whatever their bodies do affects their souls. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out... ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#temptation #funny