Temptation

Famous quotes containing the word temptation:

“Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)

“As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)