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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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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. – Thomas Jefferson

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Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. – Author Unknown

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Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. – Jim Rohn

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

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Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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