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Charles Caleb Colton Quotes about Temptation

Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others.

Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others.

Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.187

A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself.

Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.26