Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!

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 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.

Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]

Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]

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.

I can resist anything except temptation.

I can resist anything except temptation.

The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him,
Reckoning his skill with opportunity.

The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him,
Reckoning his skill with opportunity.

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

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