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Old Testament Era5 quotes
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. — Genesis 3:4-5 · 1405 BCAnd the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. — Genesis 3:13-14 · 1405 BCAnd when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. — Genesis 3:6 · 1405 BCAnd the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." — Genesis 2:16-17 · 1405 BCAnd she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. — Genesis 39:12 · 1405 BCThe Renaissance5 quotes
The flow'ry way that leads to the broad gate and the great fire. — William Shakespeare · 1616Against my soul's pure truth why labor you
To make it wander in an unknown field? — William Shakespeare · 1594How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done! — William Shakespeare · 1616Ornament is but the guilèd shore
To a most dangerous sea. — William Shakespeare · 1598The primrose way to th' everlasting bonfire. — William Shakespeare · 1616New Testament Era2 quotes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life. — James 1:12 · 49Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. — Jesus · 60Age of Enlightenment1 quote
I am not over-fond of resisting temptation. — William Beckford · 1786Ancient World1 quote
When in recollection he withdraws all his senses from the attractions of the pleasures of sense, even as a tortoise withdraws all his limbs, then his is a serene wisdom. — Bhagavad Gita · 200 BCClassical antiquity1 quote
Come hither, renowned Odysseus, hither, you pride and glory of all Achaea! Pause with your ship; listen to our song. Never has any man passed this way in his dark vessel and left unheard the honey-sweet music from our lips; first he has taken his delight, then gone on his way a wiser man. We know of all the sorrows in the wide land of Troy that Argives and Trojans bore because the gods would needs have it so; we know of all things that come to pass on the fruitful earth. — Homer · 700 BC