#temptation

Temptation likes best those who think they have a natural immunity, for it may laugh all the harder when they succumb. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#nature

Just because a feeling is natural does not mean it should be indulged. ↗

— Roseanna White

#temptation #urge #nature

I can resist anything except temptation. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#wild

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#wild

You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I just didn't have the desire to do that any more. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#any #certain #desire #hard #i

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#come #dying #many #mature #may

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

#cultural #direction #flows #i #i can

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#because #found #i #me #never

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#combines #marriage #maximum #opportunity #popular

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. ↗

— Frederick William Faber

#moment #resistance #temptation #victory