#temptation

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

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Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Temptation to behave is terrible. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

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Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

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I'd never say no to surgery in the future, because I feel like, as I get older, I'm going to face temptation more. ↗

— Marcia Cross

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Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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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

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The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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