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Letter "T" » temptations
«There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.»
«Trials, temptations, disappointments - all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy.»
Author: James Buckham
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«The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life,the stronger the enemy's temptations»
«Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.»
«Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their ideas, rather than to the temptations of utopia, that we must ask that our judges adhere»
Author: Robert Bork
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adhere, adhered, adheres, adhering, endorse, endorsed, Judges, temptations, The Temptations, Utopia, Utopias
«Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle»
«Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that roared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them»
Author: John Bunyan
(Author, Minister)
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Temptation
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honey, lion, roared, Roaring Lion, Samson, temptations
«There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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against, cowardice, protections, several, surest, temptations, There are, The Temptations
«There are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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requires, temptations, terrible, yield
«Sound principles will not justify our taxing the industry of our fellow citizens to accumulate treasure for wars to happen we know not when, and which might not perhaps happen but from the temptations offered by that treasure»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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accumulate, justify, offered, taxing, temptations, The Industry, The Temptations
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