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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows read more
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
Things orbidden have a secret charm.
Things orbidden have a secret charm.
Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]
Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes read more
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint,
With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous
Is read more
O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint,
With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.
