I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that
are bad for me do not tempt me.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that
are bad for me do not tempt me.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows read more

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

But something may be done that we will not;
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves
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But something may be done that we will not;
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves
When we will tempt the frailty of our powers,
Presuming on their changeful potency.

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.

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.

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!