Temptation

Famous quotes containing the word temptation:

“Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)

“No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)

“The protection of a ten-year-old girl from her father’s advances is a necessary condition of social order, but the protection of the father from temptation is a necessary condition of his continued social adjustment. The protections that are built up in the child against desire for the parent become the essential counterpart to the attitudes in the parent that protect the child.”
—Margaret Mead (1901–1978)