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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint,
With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous
Is read more
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.
Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.
Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours, that
are but skin-deep.
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours, that
are but skin-deep.
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.