So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay
To have tricked temptation and turned it away,
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So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay
To have tricked temptation and turned it away,
But wait, my friend, for a different day;
Wait till you want to want to!

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

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.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

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.

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours, that
are but skin-deep.

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours, that
are but skin-deep.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

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.