#tempt

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Terrorism is contempt for human dignity. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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I have been inundated with offers to move into a career in television or film, and these, too, are tempting. ↗

— David Ginola

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Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any. ↗

— Otis Williams

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No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

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Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear; but they are so, simply because they are the very ones he most needs. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

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Clinton's attempt to socialize healthcare was the second most disgusting thing he did in the oval office. I can't remember was the first thing was. ↗

— Ann Coulter

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The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

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