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be tempted

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People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it. Andy Partridge

A man looking at a hippopotamus may sometimes be tempted to regard a hippopotamus as an enormous mistake; but he is also bound to confess that a fortunate inferiority prevents him personally from making such mistakes. G. K. Chesterton

A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles. Eric Hoffer

I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers as they find it difficult to get on in life. Alfred Nobel

Be careful not to blame yourself if someone rejects Christ. If you do, you might be tempted to take credit when someone accepts him. Craig Groeschel

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama. Irving Babbitt

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