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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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There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. – Thomas Jefferson

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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. – Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887

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For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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