Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

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!

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.

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.

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

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

Tempt not a desperate man.

Tempt not a desperate man.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

I can resist anything except temptation.

I can resist anything except temptation.

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.