Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

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.

But something may be done that we will not;
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves
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But something may be done that we will not;
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves
When we will tempt the frailty of our powers,
Presuming on their changeful potency.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that
are bad for me do not tempt me.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that
are bad for me do not tempt me.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

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.