The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul will grow sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.
— William S. Burroughs Modern

Naked Lunch, Beat writer

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Often misattributed to him, but a common theme in his work, originally by Oscar Wilde.

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Humorous

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/115461-the-only-way-to-get-rid-of-a-temptation

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