#tempt

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement. ↗

— Ovid

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Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it. ↗

— Ovid

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People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it. ↗

— Andy Partridge

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No account of the Renaissance can be complete without some notice of the attempt made by certain Italian scholars of the fifteenth century to reconcile Christianity with the religion of ancient Greece. ↗

— Walter Pater

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I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do. ↗

— Robin Wright Penn

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What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

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I have significant concerns about reducing the 188th Fighter Wing's capabilities, and will fight tooth and nail against attempts to reduce its personnel or take away aircraft. ↗

— Mark Pryor

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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly. ↗

— Quintilian

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Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality. ↗

— Theodor Reik

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