But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.
Alexander Pope

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.
George Chapman

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune."
Marcus Aurelius

Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire.
Marguerite Duras

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
E. M. Forster

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
Alexander Pope

Success tempts many to their ruin.
Phaedrus

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.
Frank Herbert

There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them.
M. Kathleen Casey