Temptation - Dual-Language Quotes That Speak to the Heart

There is a dark place calling to me, but I will not go just yet. I know I can't return from it. — Lauren DeStefano Sever

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell. — Justin Cronin The Passage

It was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was irresistible. — Cassandra Clare The Runaway...

They now see with Heaven's eyes the schemes, traps, enticements, and entertainments of the world in a new way. So — John Bunyan The Pilgrim's...

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.

It is an old story, that men sell themselves to the tempter, and sign a bond with their blood, because it is only to take effect at a distant day; then rush on to snatch the cup their souls thirst...

But a good wife-a good unworldly woman-may really help a man, and keep him more independent.

Whatever their bodies do affects their souls. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out...

Which of us can resist the temptation of being thought indispensable?

Sure, they only had ten days to stop the giants from waking Gaia. Sure, he could die before dinnertime. But he loved being told that something was impossible. It was like someone handing him a lemon...

Saintliness is also a temptation.

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If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order...

We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.

The Red Lion was a four-ale bar with a handful of lowbrowed sons of toil who looked as though they...

Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the...

if you don't understand something, you can't approximate it. You're really just guessing.

Why are they going to disappear him? I don't know. It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good...

Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great....

Read me back the last line. 'Read me back the last line,' read back the corporal who could take...

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