"Saintliness is also a temptation."

-- Jean Anouilh

#Temptation Quotes

“How do I soothe his ache when mine was a big gaping hole large enough for both of us to fit in?”
“Politicians detest self-sufficient citizens. Politicians need to be needed. When we get socialized medicine, you will be completely dependent upon politicians for your medical care, as Canadians are today. That's why if you need an MRI in Canada, you have to wait three months - unless you pay certain kinds of homage to the right politicians.”
“Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.”
“I'm confident you haven't seen the best yet. And I will only get better through time and through tougher competition.”

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“There is not going to be, we can be quite certain, there's not going to be any action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by China or India or Indonesia or Brazil unless all developed countries are making a major effort. It will still be a big job to get them in, even if we are all making the effort. But our making the effort is a necessary condition.”
“When God spoke to Moses and others in the Old Testament, those events were encounters with God. An encounter with Jesus was an encounter with God for the disciples. In the same way an encounter with the Holy Spirit is an encounter with God for you.”
“With no notice to the American people...this country entered the war...Stranger than the fact was the passive acceptance of it.”
“Patience is passion tamed.”

Source : Lyman Abbott (2009). “The Theology of an Evolutionist”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

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