It is easier to stay out than get out.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

I can resist anything except temptation.

I can resist anything except temptation.

Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
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Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

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.

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.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

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

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