“He who is not tempted, what does he know? And he who is not tried, what are the things he knows? [Ecclesiasticus]”
Bible
“Where 'er thou art be thou (w)holy there.”
Murray I. Meszaros
“Tempt not a desperate man.”
William Shakespeare
“For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.”
Catherine the Great
“As 'moral suasion' or veiled threats become less effective, it is not surprising that governments feel more tempted to use outright opposition.”
Mario Monti
“The calls keep coming but at the moment there is nothing that really tempts me, ... I was tempted when Fulham offered me the director of football last year.”
Chris Kamara
“It's just better to just go ahead and not even be tempted to give them those minutes.”
Dwane Casey