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.

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.

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

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

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

'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.