Reply #40: And I know this isn't a new question. [View All]

[Protagoras]

Others have certainly thought of it before. But I do sometimes amaze myself at the arrogance of my surety. Glad no one has the price of my soul. Still, I think it's probably best that I never touch the money than take it in the belief that I'll be able to ignore and resist those who gave it to me ,thinking I'm going to do so much better than all those who failed before me.

A quotes that struck me:

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, And tempts by making rich, not making poor.
Alexander Pope

But something may be done that we will not; And sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency.
Shakespeare (Troilus and Cressida)


And to remind me that it is sometimes things other than money...

O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint, With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous Is that temptation that doth goad us on To sin in loving virtue.
Shakespeare (Measure for Measure)