The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resis…

Oscar Wilde
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. ✨ The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 2 (1891) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Mae West 19; Wilde 53
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