Samuel Richardson Quotes About Temptation
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An honest heart is not to be trusted with itself in bad company.
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An acknowledged love sanctifies every little freedom; and little freedoms beget great ones.
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We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary.
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Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.
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