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Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery. - Thomas Fulle

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

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Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values — and witnesses. – Franklin P. Jones

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

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