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.

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain read more

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist.

Honest bread is very well--it's the butter that makes the
temptation.

Honest bread is very well--it's the butter that makes the
temptation.

Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And read more

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

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.

Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]

Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]

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

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

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

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