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Quotes About Temptation

This is the way of the mystic as distinguished from that of the occultist; it is swift and direct, and free from the danger of the temptation of unbalanced force that is met with in either pillar, but it confers no magical powers save those of sacrifice in Tiphareth and psychism in Yesod.
~ Dion Fortune
I suppose women are attracted to the bad-boy image sometimes because it's fun to have an adventure. It's like eating junk food... it's fun at the time, but ultimately not the best choice.
~ Dita Von Teese
From the half-open doors of this chiffonier hung laces, ribands, stockings, ladies' underclothing and an abdominal brace, which gave the impression that the feminine finery had suffered venery.
~ Djuna Barnes
The doctor lifted the bottle. "Thank you," said Felix. "I never drink spirits." "You will," said the doctor.
~ Djuna Barnes
It's a gruesome thing that man learns only by what he has between the one leg and the other! Oh, that short dangle! We corrupt mortality by its industry.
~ Djuna Barnes
God, children know something they can't tell; they like Red Riding Hood and the wolf in bed!
~ Djuna Barnes
?avola, koji sve zavodi, može zavesti jedino žena.
~ Dobrica ?osi?
Radoznalost je ?ovekov najopasniji porok.
~ Dobrica ?osi?
Put your head in my pussy, my refrigerator where all the bees want to go, honey.
~ Dodie Bellamy
I was always a junk food person, still am.
~ Dolly Parton
My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.
~ Dolly Parton
The French phrase "femme fatale" literally means "deadly woman," which understates the human embodiment of lust and peril, that intoxicating allure of sex and death that makes these creatures so fascinating. The femme fatale is a sleek and sensuous creature, dangerous either physically or emotionally to her victims.
~ Dominique Mainon
9 Vean pues cómo han de orar: Padre nuestro, que estás en los cielos; santificado sea tu nombre. 10 Venga tu reino. Hágase tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra. 11 El pan nuestro de cada día dánoslo hoy. 12 Y perdónanos nuestras deudas, así como nosotros perdonamos a nuestros deudores. 13 Y no nos dejes caer en la tentación. Mas libranos del mal. Amén.
~ Don Félix Torres Amat
Being on the road has about 2 1/2 hours a day that are really great, and that's when you're onstage. The other 21 1/2 hours are very boring... It becomes like a void, and we chose to fill it with all the wrong things.
~ Don Felder
Man cannot be uplifted he must be seduced into virtue.
~ Don Marquis
Uno empieza siendo idealista, moralmente fuerte, si se quiere, pero entonces la ropa de tu fuerza moral se va desgastando poco a poco hasta que ya no puedes más y haces cosas que nunca pensaste que harías, o no haces cosas que siempre pensaste que harías.
~ Don Winslow
In the words of Oscar Wilde, 'I can resist everything but temptation.
~ Don Winslow
Dope is supposed to be bad, but in a bad world it's good
~ Don Winslow
When the devil comes, he comes on angel's wings.
~ Don Winslow
Satan can only tempt you with what you already have.
~ Don Winslow
Life, he muses, always gives you an excuse to take what you want anyway.
~ Don Winslow
Giorgio cannot leave a bottle undrunk or an attractive woman unfucked, and those activities tend to get in the way of revolution.
~ Don Winslow
prefer married women and expensive whores. You have a nice meal, a few laughs, a good fuck, and then you each go back to your own lives. It's better that way." So
~ Don Winslow
Lesson: Don't hold on to something's going to pull you into a trap. If you're going to let go, let go early. Better yet, don't take the bait at all.
~ Don Winslow