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!

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.

What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.

What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.

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?

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.

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

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

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in read more

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.