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Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
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.
Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
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Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?
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.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
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!
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.
But something may be done that we will not;
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves
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But something may be done that we will not;
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves
When we will tempt the frailty of our powers,
Presuming on their changeful potency.
