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He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.


Horace Mann

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HORACE MANN Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. ... We never find out the strength of...
C.S. LEWIS But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE God cannot resist love for He cannot resist Himself.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man. [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Those who operate through the Holy Spirit are more equipped to resist temptation.
MONICA JOHNSON Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
ALBERT CAMUS A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. ...
C.S. LEWIS A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. ...
C.S. LEWIS Only the strong hearted can resist temptation and only but a fool would resist love.
JAMINE ISABEL E. UY No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good...
C.S. LEWIS I can resist anything except temptation.
OSCAR WILDE I can resist anything but temptation.
OSCAR WILDE I can resist everything except temptation.
OSCAR WILDE Resist the temptation to see yourself as a victim.
JAMES C. DOBSON Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the mann in which he behaves toward fools.
HENRI-FRéDéRIC AMIEL Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond...
HORACE MANN The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
OSCAR WILDE I resist the temptation to curate my apartment.
THELMA GOLDEN Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
DON HEROLD Why resist temptation? There will always be more
DON HEROLD The Puritans left behind so full a record of what they thought and did that scholars cannot resist t...
EDMUND MORGAN We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST Don't tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation
BOB HOPE When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.
STANLEY KUBRICK From auto, property and life insurance to retirement annuities, Horace Mann is dedicated to helping ...
DOUG REYNOLDS It's always easier to avoid temptation than to resist it.
RANDY ALCORN Help me to resist temptation, Lord, especially when I know no one is looking.
ANONYMOUS He is the English Horace,
ALEXANDER POPE I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST Everything tempts the man who fears temptation
FRENCH PROVERB A person who lives by the rules of the world cannot resist the devil, cannot fight him
SUNDAY ADELAJA There is a temptation to take advantage. Just like any other aspect of society, there are the good (...
LAURENCE GODFREY We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, b...
C.S. LEWIS I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A fundamental mistake to call vehemence and rigidity strength! A man is not strong who takes convuls...
THOMAS CARLYLE If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone ...
LARRY MCMURTRY I could not resist the temptation of mystifying him a bit, I suppose it is some taste of the origina...
BRAM STOKER Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
BRIAN TRACY A bargain is something you cannot use at a price you cannot resist
PROVERB When a man listens to the voice of the tempter within him, he is inclined to do as others do, not to...
BENJAMIN JOWETT He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not, is a slave.
SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND (2) He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
WILLIAM DRUMMOND He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave
WILLIAM DRUMMOND If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?
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CHRIS FLOOD I respect only those who resist me; but I cannot tolerate them.
CHARLES DE GAULLE I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
CHARLES DE GAULLE I doubt if there are many normal women who can resist looking at houses. I believe, in fact, that wh...
MARY STEWART Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
AMBROSE BIERCE Abstainer - a weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
AMBROSE GWINETT BIERCE If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?
STANISLAW JERZY LEC Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and ...
FRANKLIN P. JONES Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of lif...
BIBLE Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life.
BIBLE Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of li...
NEW TESTAMENT JAMES, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 12: Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
BABE RUTH I could go on and on telling you about clocks but I shall resist the temptation.
FRANK KING Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous.(He is also a fool.)
LAZARUS LONG Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN He who cannot be considered a sensible man or being, is therefore with no doubt a fool.
KGOSIETSILE MARTIN TIMOTHY If a man realizes who he is, he cannot lose his peace and gladness because he lives at peace with hi...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and h...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he...
ROBERT SOUTH God cannot resist the man who desires Him ardently. The chief reason why we do not find God is we do...
JIMVIRLE/JINVIRLE A man who is looking backward all the time cannot move forward, he will be standing still
SUNDAY ADELAJA But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning, or the man who does not respect its a...
DAN BROWN Who God does not teach, man cannot.
SCOTTISH PROVERB Who God does not teach, man cannot.
GAELIC PROVERB Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles The heart of man is revealed in temptation. Man knows his sin, wh...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but the...
WILKIE COLLINS As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into hims...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON As I fear not a child with a weapon he cannot lift, I will never fear the mind of a man who does not...
BRANDON SANDERSON A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
JACK HERBERT A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
GEORGE HERBERT A wise man cares not for what he cannot have
JACK HERBERT "Every man has his price." This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot r...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.
AMIRI BARAKA A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.
IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone consider...
LARRY MCMURTRY A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.
FEOUDE A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.
FEOUDE A prophet is not a man who tells the future; he is a man who tells the truth.
HAROLD KUSHNER The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
MARK TWAIN He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
HERMAN MELVILLE A wise man cares not for that which he cannot have.
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LAUREN WEISBERGER What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who...
MARK TWAIN Beware of the man who denounces woman writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell.
ERICA JONG Beware of the man who denounces women writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell.
ERICA JONG No man can resist a woman who has an apple in her hand. It's theological. A woman with an apple in h...
PIA PERA If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.
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HORACE Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
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HORACE The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
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