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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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"As soon as a person gives place to the devil in his life, the devil has this person hooked."
"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."
"Every sexual sin begins with flattery."
"The word lust can mean "selfish desire". . . .It is wanting something so badly you will do anything to get it. That is one of the tricks of the devil. It is too high a price to pay."
"To use a man for what he is naturally best fitted is to keep him, if one can, from apostasy and dissatisfaction. At the same time, life's temptations come most often from that for which one has the greatest aptitude."
"Thou therefore on these Herbs, and Fruits, and Flow'rsFeed first, on each Beast next, and Fish, and Fowl, No homely morsels, and whatever thingThe Scyth of Time mows down, devour unspar'd, Till I in Man residing through the Race, His thoughts, his looks, words, actions all infect, And season him thy last and sweetest prey."
"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."
"The temptation to spend money increases as a person's opportunities increase."
"When you come to God, the devil will remind you about the pleasures of sin."
"One can hardly do anything productive when one knows there is cake in the fridge."
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"In the movie business, the ones we call Lucky are usually those idiots who are just too damn stubborn to take no for an answer. Come to think of it, the movie business is kind of like life."
"Maybe knowledge is power, but it's damned hard to think a burglar to death."
"Dating is like nightfall--there's got to be a mourning after."
"In my experience, "what the hell" is generally the most interesting decision."
"Trust is important to any relationship and easier to come by if you get a picture of a guy's wife buck naked."
"Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt."
"Old-age sucks, but the alternative doesn't look that great, either."
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