Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back
When gold and silver becks me to come on.

Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back
When gold and silver becks me to come on.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]

Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]

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.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint,
With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous
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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.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes read more

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.