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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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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. – Oscar Wilde

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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about lifes sores the better. – Oscar Wilde

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

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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically — to say “no” to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.” – Stephen Covey

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Discipline weighs ounces, regret weighs tons. – Author Unknown

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Overheard in a Washington D.C. confessional: “Bless me, Father, for sins have been committed.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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