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Quote by Oscar Wilde
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I te

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. – Oscar Wilde

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Children begin by loving their parents after a time they judge them rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. – Oscar Wilde

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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. – Oscar Wilde

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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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The trouble with resisting temptation is it may never come your way again. – Korman’s Law

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If we resist our passions, it is more because of their weakness than because of our strength. – François VI de la Rochefoucault

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