I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint,
With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous
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O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint,
With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.

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.

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

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

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for read more

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
[Lat., Quod est, eo decet uti: et quicquid agas, agere pro
viribus.]

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?