Temptation
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Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me
Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature
I can resist everything except temptation
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to
My temptation is quiet.
Here at life's end
Neither loose imagination
Nor the mill of the mind
Consuming its rag and bone,
Can make the truth known.
Here at life's end
Neither loose imagination
Nor the mill of the mind
Consuming its rag and bone,
Can make the truth known.
Last Poems, 1936-1939, An Acre of Grass
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