Quotes About Temptation

Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst.

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.

Every man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.

Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.

I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.

A sinning man stops praying; a praying man stops sinning.

Essentially the Succubus is a mythical figure - who used to come in and cause trouble with innocent men.

the insects here see you as a big slab of animated but not very well defended food. The ability to move, far from being a deterrent, serves as an unforgeable guarantee of freshness.

Sorry, baby. Let's get out of here," he says, speaking with the intense, strained tones of a man with an erection.

He was tempted to park the SUV illegally, since, according to his calculations, the authorities were not likely to catch up with him and demand payment of the parking ticket before the end of the world, but it seemed that most of the people of Seattle were still obeying the rules and so he did likewise.

Do you reject the glamor of Evil, and refuse to be mastered by it?

The temptation to cocoon in a microhotel pod on the slab, to eat hot noodles from a cup and watch videos, was strong.

Judge Fang got to eat this way only when someone really important was trying to taint him, and though he had never knowingly allowed his judicial judgment to be swayed, he did enjoy the chow.

You need to tend to your own faults, young fellow—excessive sobriety, e.g…" "A tendency to fret—" Pepys put in. "Undue chastity—let's back to the tavern!

That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking, what's your vice and what brand of trouble does it lead to?

like an opium addict squatting in the middle of a frenetic downtown street, blowing a reed of sweet smoke out between his teeth, staring into some ancient dream that all the bustling pedestrians had banished to unfrequented parts of their minds.

Tekla wanted to slap her so much that her hand actually twitched.

Body parts that unfortunately found themselves on the wrong side of the rift may seem to remain attached. Intense GLAAMR and general disorientation may hide their misshapen form. Many victims will be unwilling to believe in the reality of what has happened to them. The temptation may be strong to leave these attached and hope for the best. Don't do it! Think

She took a step forward, leaving maybe a quarter of an inch of clearance between her belly and the tip of his boxer-tented doodle.

given all the other changes he's gone through, why the hell shouldn't he become a cigarette smoker while he's at it? Maybe next week he'll be shooting heroin. For something disgusting and lethal, cigarettes are amazingly enjoyable.

The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.

What were you tring to do, soldier? I was trying to eat, sir! And what happened? I got caught thinking about some crap, sir! What kind of crap? How I want to live less than my parent's dog.