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Temptation
~ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention . . .
-Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary, 1906
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
-James Branch Cabell
I find I always have to write something on a steamed mirror.
-Elaine Dundy
What makes resisting temptation difficult, for many people, is that they don't want to discourage it completely.
-Franklin P. Jones
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
-Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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