Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure hours that men are made or marred.

Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure hours that men are made or marred.

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

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

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!

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

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

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

There are several good protections against temptations, but the
surest is cowardice.

There are several good protections against temptations, but the
surest is cowardice.

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
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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.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

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?