'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

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.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

There are several good protections against temptations, but the
surest is cowardice.

There are several good protections against temptations, but the
surest is cowardice.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows read more

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, read more

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a
surer measure.

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.