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"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."
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"If God offers the world for sale, how much will you pay for it? What is the price of your own destruction?"
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"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."
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"If they really wanted us to resist temptation, they shouldn't a made it so damn tempting."
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"One of the main roots of ungodliness is being a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God."
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"Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down."
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"Trying to cool his jets, trying to let her stay in charge, he attempted to hold back, but she let out this breathy little whimper like he was the best thing she'd ever tasted."
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"Wisdom makes it even more likely that you will be exposed to the danger of fornication."
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"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation."
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"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it."
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"Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader."
Leadership
"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."
Desire
"Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop."
Character
"When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing."
Woman
"A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all."
Crime
"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty."
Truth
"Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it."
Truth
"Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it."
Thought
"Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee."
Friendship
"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."
Moderation
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