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resist
«It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.»
«It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(Architect, Engineer, Painter, Sculptor)
| Keywords:
beginning, easier, resist, The Beginning, The End
«I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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Funny
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found, resist, tempt, temptation
«I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it»
Author: Mae West
(Actress)
| About:
Self-control,
Temptation,
Willpower
| Keywords:
generally, resist, temptation
«It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn requirement of self-approval.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
approval, conform, inborn, requirement, resist, seat, successfully
«It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others»