Quotes by Temptation We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation. William Hazlitt libertarianlibertytemptation While the machinery of law enforcement and indeed the nature of crime itself have changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part of the Nation's fundamental law in 1791, what the Framers understood then remains true today - that the task of combating crime and convicting the guilty will in every era seem of such critical and pressing concern that we may be lured by the temptations of expediency into forsaking our commitment to protecting individual liberty and privacy. William J. Brennan temptationlawcommitment The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always a temptation to invoke security "necessities" to justify an encroachment upon civil liberties. For that reason, the military-security argument must be approached with a healthy skepticism. William J. Brennan healthymilitarytemptation Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money. William Jennings Bryan connectionssoultemptation Until we are renewed in the spirit of our mind and illumined in every part, our very virtues are but taught practices grafted upon a corrupt bottom William Law practicetemptationmind That acknowledgment of weakness which we make in imploring to be relieved from hunger and from temptation is surely wisely put in our daily prayer. Think of it, you who are rich, and take heed how you turn a beggar away. William Makepeace Thackeray temptationprayerthinking If you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor? William Makepeace Thackeray accountsneighbortemptation If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we must make allowances for the rich men's failings, and recollect that we, too, were very likely indolent and voluptuous, had we no motive for work, a mortal's natural taste for pleasure, and the daily temptation of a large income. What could a great peer, with a great castle and park, and a great fortune, do but be splendid and idle? William Makepeace Thackeray fashiontemptationmen For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation. William Penn battletemptationmen 'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome. William Penn sintemptationovercoming God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers. William Penn temptationprayerevil 'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall. William Shakespeare temptedtemptationfall The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than the flaws in the system. William Sloane Coffin strongtemptationenemy Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred. William Taylor temptationtimemen Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency. William Shakespeare temptationevilsometimes Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, When gold and silver becks me to come on. William Shakespeare goldtemptationbook Humans cannot reject temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to hell, they will hold on to anything that may help them escape from the situation they are in, even if it's merely a spider's thread, no matter what sort of humans they are. Yana Toboso despairtemptationmay Temptation: the fiend at my elbow. William Shakespeare elbowstemptation Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue. William Shakespeare sintemptationlove O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! William Shakespeare temptationmenart«3132333435363738394041»
