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.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

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!

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

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

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

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.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

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