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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.
By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure hours that men are made or marred.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure hours that men are made or marred.
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.
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.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
I deal with temptation by yielding to it
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
