Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.

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.

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of
human kind, wine and women, which read more

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of
human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted
myriads of people: they go commonly together.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!

Tempt not a desperate man.

Tempt not a desperate man.

Honest bread is very well--it's the butter that makes the
temptation.

Honest bread is very well--it's the butter that makes the
temptation.

So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay
To have tricked temptation and turned it away,
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So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay
To have tricked temptation and turned it away,
But wait, my friend, for a different day;
Wait till you want to want to!

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

I deal with temptation by yielding to it