He said on Friday that because Mr. Berlusconi was "constantly under pressure and under attack, the temptation may arise in our rank and file to make an instrumental use of legislative power".
At least the Under-21 manager resisted the temptation to pack his squad with established internationals such as Raheem Sterling, Jack Wilshere and Ross Barkley, preferring instead to stick with the players who came through the qualifiers and upholding the principle that under-21 football is about development of players for the senior squad.
Under such circumstances the temptation for everything to have a defiant message is great.
Under these conditions, the temptation is simply to tiptoe away from the subject, consoling yourself with the thought that at least you know the names of the opposing generals, the country Waterloo is in, and that it happened 200 years ago exactly.
I am not under any illusions – the temptation is huge.
He works carefully through this and other practical problems, including the temptation to under-report wages and over-report the number of employees.
And as long as research and deal-making take place under the same roof, the temptation to use reports to attract banking business will loom large.
One of the biggest challenges facing a company under fire involves resisting the temptation to downplay the severity of the crisis.
In a clever selection, he sings "Don't Stand So Close to Me," about the temptation of an under-age girl, with harmony by the Backstreet Boys, whose core audience is under age.
Under these circumstances, there is the temptation to build new schools and enlarge existing ones using inferior designs, materials and construction techniques.
