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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
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.
Tempt not a desperate man.
Tempt not a desperate man.
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.
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!
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.