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It is easier to stay out than get out.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making poor.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.
By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.
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.
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.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
