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Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.
Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse;
Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.
Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse;
Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the
surest is cowardice.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the
surest is cowardice.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.
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.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
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.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
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.
