“I could not resist the temptation of mystifying him a bit, I suppose it is some taste of the original apple that remains still in our mouths.”
Source: Dracula
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Bram Stoker84
Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for… 1847–1912Related quotes
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Darlington, Act I
Variant: I can resist everything except temptation
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“I am not over-fond of resisting temptation.”
William Beckford book Vathek
Je n'aime pas à résister à la tentation.
Source: Vathek, P. 140; translation p. 83.
“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.”
Mae West (1893–1980) American actress and sex symbol
“The carnage was over, but there was still a bitter taste in my mouth.”
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Page 284
2000s, Promises to Keep (2008)
“To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation.”
Karen Chance American writer
Source: Embrace the Night
“Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese.”
Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games
Source: The Hunger Games
Steve Jobs (1955–2011) American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.
On his return as interim CEO of Apple, as quoted in TIME magazine (18 August 1997)
1990s