“I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.” — C. D. Payne, Youth in Revolt
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“What’s the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don’t yield to them?” — P. G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest“
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“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“My purity is based on the fact that nobody offered me much money. I suppose that had I moved into more popular realms, I might have surrendered some of the characteristics of my nature that are now described as virtues.” — Leonard Cohen, “Leonard Cohen’s Nervous Breakthrough,” Musician (July 1988)
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“I have resisted temptation for two and a half minutes at least: my redemption is sure.” — Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
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“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.” — John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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“I can resist everything except temptation.” — Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan
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