Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse;
Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.

Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse;
Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?

But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.