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Tempt not a desperate man.

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?

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

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure.

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

Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

I can resist anything except temptation.

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

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

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.