I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint,
With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous
Is read more

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.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of
human kind, wine and women, which read more

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of
human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted
myriads of people: they go commonly together.

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for read more

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things
that be of God, but those that be of men.

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.