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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
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.
Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back
When gold and silver becks me to come on.
Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back
When gold and silver becks me to come on.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]
Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]
It is easier to stay out than get out.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life, read more
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath
promised to them that love him.
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
