Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

I can resist anything except temptation.

I can resist anything except temptation.

But something may be done that we will not;
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves
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But something may be done that we will not;
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves
When we will tempt the frailty of our powers,
Presuming on their changeful potency.

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?

Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

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?

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes deeds ill done!

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.