Things orbidden have a secret charm.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
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Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back
When gold and silver becks me to come on.

Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back
When gold and silver becks me to come on.

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.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that
are bad for me do not tempt me.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that
are bad for me do not tempt me.

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

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

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.