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Things orbidden have a secret charm.
Things orbidden have a secret charm.
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.
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?
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
It is a creature
That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague
To beguile many and read more
It is a creature
That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague
To beguile many and be beguiled by one.
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.
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!
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
