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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.
The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him,
Reckoning his skill with opportunity.
The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him,
Reckoning his skill with opportunity.
Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]
Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]
Honest bread is very well--it's the butter that makes the
temptation.
Honest bread is very well--it's the butter that makes the
temptation.
So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay
To have tricked temptation and turned it away,
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So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay
To have tricked temptation and turned it away,
But wait, my friend, for a different day;
Wait till you want to want to!
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
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!
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.
