Oscar Wilde: Do you really think, Arthur, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptatio

Do you really think, Arthur, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I te — Oscar Wilde

Do you really think, Arthur, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to.

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