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William Shakespeare5 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 · 1616Oscar Wilde2 quotes
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Anybody can be good in the country. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Chief Wiggum1 quote
What is your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery? — Chief Wiggum · 1998Homer1 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 BCJesus1 quote
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. — Jesus · 60Lord Byron1 quote
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure. — Lord Byron · 1819Mark Twain1 quote
Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. — Mark Twain · 1893William Beckford1 quote
I am not over-fond of resisting temptation. — William Beckford · 1786Witch1 quote
Now make a wish and take a bite. — Witch · 1937