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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
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.
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction read more
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure that man needs the help
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
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.
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.
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?
