#temptation

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors. ↗

— Hans Kung

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These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#become #days #great #many #sports

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

— William Shakespeare

#doth #goad #loving #most #sin

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

#between #break #confession #gossip #men

The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#many #nature #out #spring #temptations

Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. ↗

— Peter Singer

#complex #decision-making #even #human #long-term

Temptation is impossible for me to resist... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

#description #hollywood #impossible #job #job description

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue. ↗

— George A. Smith

#enthusiasm #ever #feels #god #made

(Hadley and Mary in the carriage) “Might I repeat how utterly charming you look?” “You are very kind,” she replied, down casting her eyes as a flash of heat invaded her cheeks. “But even if I were dressed in the finest of gowns, I could never be a lady of fashion.” “Never let that disturb you, my pet.” He fingered a mass of curls that had settled over her shoulder just above the expanse of her modestly covered bosom. “I find fashion and beauty are rarely synonymous.” When he caressed a stray lock between thumb and fore!nger and raised it to his lips, Mary felt the dizzying sensation from the roots of her hair to the tips of her toes. ↗

— Victoria Vane

#victoria-vane #beauty

The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way. ↗

— Ugo Betti

#always #first #friend #look #many