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"Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself."
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"Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt. Prayer makes it weaker."

"Be confidently assured that any 'gods' that we build will always have veracious appetites, and sooner or later they will gorge themselves on that which built them."

"Blake took a small roll from the tray on the table, then put it back in favor of a larger one. And maybe a little butter. It certainly couldn't hurt. And jam...no, he drew the line at jam. She was a spy, after all."

"Pleasure, in itself harmless, may become mischievous, by endearing to us a state which we know to be transient and probatory, and withdrawing our thoughts from that of which every hour brings us nearer to the beginning, and of which no length of time will bring us to the end. Mortification is not virtuous in itself, nor has any other use, but that it disengages us from the allurements of sense. In the state of future perfection, to which we all aspire, there will be pleasure without danger, and security without restraint."

"If God offers the world for sale, how much will you pay for it? What is the price of your own destruction?"

"You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd."

"Everything Satan has to offer you is a collection of what Jesus rejected, it is the garbage bin of Jesus Christ. Matthew 4:1-17."

"Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it."

"As I stare at it,I can feel little invisible strings,silently tugging me toward it. I have to touch it. I have to wear it. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."

"Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it."
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"As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls."


"Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough."
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