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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. – Thomas Jefferson

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Serving one’s own passions is the greatest slavery. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia

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There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes the object. – Charlotte Dacre, The Passions, 1811

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Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address. – Lane Olinghouse

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Discipline weighs ounces, regret weighs tons. – Author Unknown

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