Temptation
The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.
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Temptation Quotations
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I can resist everything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
Oscar Wilde
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
Oscar Wilde
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Mark Twain
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
William Shakespeare
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Mae West
Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
Robert A. Heinlein
For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.
Erma Bombeck
Temptation Translations
temptation in Afrikaans is versoeking
temptation in Dutch is aanvechting, temptatie, verleiding
temptation in French is tentation
temptation in German is Versuchung
temptation in Latin is temptatio, tentatio-onis
temptation in Spanish is tentacion
temptation in Swedish is frestelse
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