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!

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

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.

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.

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.