“Which of us can resist the temptation of being thought indispensable?”
Margaret Atwood book The Penelopiad
Source: The Penelopiad
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
Lord Darlington, Act I
Variant: I can resist everything except temptation
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
“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.
James Martineau (1805–1900) English religious philosopher
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 8.
“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.”
Mae West (1893–1980) American actress and sex symbol
“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Ron Paul (1935) American politician and physician
New Hampshire Liberty Forum, February 25, 2007 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/25/ron-paul-grassroots-support-proved/ <br class="br">2000s, 2006-2009
“To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation.”
Karen Chance American writer
Source: Embrace the Night
