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'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
It is a creature
That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague
To beguile many and read more
It is a creature
That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague
To beguile many and be beguiled by one.
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for read more
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things
that be of God, but those that be of men.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain read more
As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
I can resist anything except temptation.
I can resist anything except temptation.