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If we resist our passions, it is more because of their weakness th

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

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And so, Reader, (for it is time to have done with guessing) would I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above all, that obstinate and perverse self-will, unaided by which the other three would be comparatively powerless. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you’re fighting temptation. – Tom Wilson

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Discipline weighs ounces, regret weighs tons. – Author Unknown

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