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 'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
  William Shakespeare

 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
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure that man needs the help

 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.
  William Butler Yeats

 For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.
  Catherine the Great

 For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.
  Catherine the Great

 Good habits result from resisting temptation

 I deal with temptation by yielding to it
  Mark Twain

 I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
  Mae West

 It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations
  Walter Bagehot

 It is not only easier to find fault with another person than to examine one's own character, it is also tempting.

 Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
  Sam Levenson

 Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
  Sam Levenson

 Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that’ll get you home earlier.

 Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil
  Mark Twain


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