The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Quote by Oscar Wilde
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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Oscar Wilde Quotes
- Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
- Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.
- A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
- I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
- One should absorb the colour of life but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.
- Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
- Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The koward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword
- Action is the last refuge of those who cannot dream.
- Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
- Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
Best Quotes
- In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.
- For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.
- A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
- A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
- Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
- Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
- When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
- The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
- Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.