Top Items About Temptation

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AnecdotesModeration & the Indian Raj

British officials in the Indian Raj were frequently tempted by the many opportunities for corruption. During...

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AnecdotesTemptation

One day the medieval monk Caesarius of Heisterbach was amused to overhear a Cistercian lay brother praying: "Lord," the...

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QuotesQuote about Ethics, T. S. Eliot

`The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.` - T. S....

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AnecdotesStanding Army

At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, shady Elbridge Gerry compared a standing army to an erect penis. It was,...

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AnecdotesLast Temptation of Peter Boyle

"I had an identity crisis, as a lot of teenagers do," Peter Boyle recalled, "and instead of joining the Army, instead...

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AnecdotesCorr Values (long)

British comedian Ali G once interviewed George Paton, the Orange Lodge Grandmaster in Northern Ireland. ...

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AnecdotesAnecdote about Golf, Insects and Timing

Jumbo-sized actor Jeff Garlin (Jeff Greene on `Curb Your Enthusiasm`) once went to a golf tournament at which Krispy...

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AnecdotesRoundabout Approach?

Ian Brown once attended a fashion show called `Viva Italia` in Toronto at which hundreds of women had dressed like...

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