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There are several good protections against temptations, but the
surest is cowardice.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the
surest is cowardice.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
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 deal with temptation by yielding to it
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
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.
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.
