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But something may be done that we will not;
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves
When read more
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.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for read more
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things
that be of God, but those that be of men.
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
Tempt not a desperate man.
Tempt not a desperate man.
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.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes read more
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, read more
Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a
surer measure.