#tempt

To attempt this would be like seeing without eyes or directing the gaze of knowledge behind one's own eye. Modern science can acknowledge no other than this epistemological stand-point. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

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Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse. ↗

— Mary Garden

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When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

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All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe. ↗

— Elizabeth George

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Every time economic and technical development takes a step forward, forces emerge which attempt to create political forms for what, on the economic-technical plane, has already more or less become reality. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry. ↗

— James Laughlin

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By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world. ↗

— Roger Mahony

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The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. ↗

— Horace Mann

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