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I deal with temptation by yielding to it
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure hours that men are made or marred.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure hours that men are made or marred.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction read more
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure that man needs the help
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.
What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.
It is a creature
That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague
To beguile many and read more
It is a creature
That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague
To beguile many and be beguiled by one.
