“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“Resist beginnings; the remedy comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.”
— Ovid, book Remedia amoris
Source: Remedia Amoris (The Cure for Love), Lines 91–92
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