resisted

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of Resist

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There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. James Branch Cabell

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it. Anthony Stewart Head

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel. Tryon Edwards

I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I will have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials. Howard Dean

What 's done we partly may compute, But know not what 's resisted. Robert Burns

An invasion of an army can be resisted but an invasion of ideas can't be resisted. African Proverb