“ I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin. Edmond de Goncourt
“ People couldn't become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitively wicked. Terry Pratchett
“ The temptation is too strong for me. Oh, Lord! where is Thy peace that I believed in, in my childhood? – that I hear people speaking of now, as if it hushed up the troubles of life, and had not to be… Elizabeth Gaskell
“ Mma Ramotswe sighed. 'We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake.'That is true,' said Mma Potokwane sadly. 'There are many temptations in this life, but cake is probably one of… Alexander McCall Smith
“ Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life. Bible
“ I have a deep appreciation for anything that challenges my morality. I tend to wonder which thing or person might overpower my beliefs and would I avoid it altogether in order to say, "It didn't conqu… Donna Lynn Hope
“ The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance m… Brennan Manning
“ No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. George Eliot
“ You've been brought up like a gentleman and a Christian, and I should be false to the trust laid upon me by your dead father and mother if I allowed you to expose yourself to such temptation.'Well, I… W. Somerset Maugham
“ In other words Jesus went into the desert to confront His enemy and throw down the gauntlet. He would prove Himself to be the legitimate shepherd of Israel by overcoming the temptations that had undon… Charles R. Swindoll
“ One year Halloween came on October 24, three hours after midnight. At that time, James Nightshade of 97 Oak Street was thirteen years, eleven months, twenty-three days old. Next door, William Halloway… Ray Bradbury
“ Follow both: the call of the mountain of enlightenment and the temptation of the valley of experience. No mountain without valley, no valley without mountain. Stefan Emunds
