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I deal with temptation by yielding to it
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
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.
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
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.
Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, read more
Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a
surer measure.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
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
Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.
Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.