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.
Howl, Beat poet
Attributed to Ginsberg, but often associated with Oscar Wilde. Ginsberg quoted or referenced it frequently.
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