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Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless. by Ovid

Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.

Ovid
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Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.

Paramahansa Yogananda
temptationovercominglying
A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire... by Park Chan-wook

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

Park Chan-wook
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To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther. Even somebody who admitted his guilt and resisted the temptation to deny it. Something politicians couldn't do. Honesty, the courage for honesty. With others and yourself.

Pascal Mercier
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(You) don't leave the chicken to watch the feed. by Pat Conroy

(You) don't leave the chicken to watch the feed.

Pat Conroy
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Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation. by Oscar Wilde

Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation.

Oscar Wilde
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I think when you're trying to produce a relationship on screen that doesn't actually exist, perhaps sometimes there's a temptation to look at each other more, to touch each other more...

Paul Bettany
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I can resist anything but the temptation to make a clever wittici... by Oscar Wilde

I can resist anything but the temptation to make a clever witticism.

Oscar Wilde
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The temptation to believe that the Universe is the product of some sort of design, a manifestation of subtle aesthetic and mathematical judgment, is overwhelming. The belief that there is "something behind it all" is one that I personally share with, I suspect, a majority of physicists.

Paul Davies
designtemptationbelieve

Most humans feel the transcendent temptation, the emotional drive to festoon the universe with large-scale meaning.

Paul Kurtz
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The temptation to use mathematics is irresistible for economists. It appears to convey the appropriate air of scientific authority and precision to economists' musings.

Paul Ormerod
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The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

Penelope Cruz
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I have to resist the temptation to want to learn everything. You know, you can't. You have to restrict yourself at some time, or else you find yourself just being spread too thin. And already I think I try too many things.

Pete Seeger
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I resisted the temptation to turn around and stick out my tongue in derision at Beliquose. After all, there was no telling when or if we should meet again, and I certainly did not need him saying, 'Ah yes, Poe, the fellow whose trespasses i could have forgiven in their entirety... except for the tongue thing. Yes, for that, you must surely die.'

Peter David
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If we resist the temptation to allow other people to define who we are, then we will gradually be able to let the sun inside our own soul shine forth.

Paulo Coelho
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About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human being on this earth would be willing to commit evil.

Paulo Coelho
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The most critical case in a corporation, especially a big one, is when everything goes well, when you have accomplished your objectives. When the temptation is to work twice as hard instead of saying, "We have accomplished our objectives, we have to think again."

Peter Drucker
businesstemptationthinking

Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!

Philip Roth
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A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were

Philippe Halsman
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O that one unguarded moment! / Were it mine to live again, / All the strength of its temptation / Would appeal to me in vain.

Phoebe Cary
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