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Quotes About Temptation

To choose holiness is to reject sin.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
I'm accustomed to toxicity and can't control myself when I'm near it.
~ Dominic Riccitello
To forsake wisdom is to seek folly, to seek folly is to seek evil, to seek evil is to be in the arms of the devil, and to be in the arms of the devil is be in the arms of death.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Always do good when you're tempted to do evil. The reward in doing good is priceless.
~ Kemi Sogunle
Satan will always find you something to do when you ought to be occupied about that [regular, prayerful Bible study], if it is only arranging a window blind.
~ Hudson Taylor
A man would rather break his donkeys back than give it the carrot it requires to progress.
~ R.P. Falconer
Life without faith, is like an empty beautiful chocolate box!
~ "Beta" Metani' Marashi
Never be afraid of the dark side of Vegas, the side the neon and glitter never seem to touch..
~ Hazim Bangwar
It took me 42 years to write this song, and 5 minutes to sin
~ Don Henley
She doesn't trust easily, but when she does it's always with the devil himself.
~ Melody Lee, Moon Gypsy
When Tyler found out about chocolate-chip cookies, his sole goal in life became to stuff as many as he could into his mouth.
~ John Medina
Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine.
~ John Milton
Subtle he needs must be, who could seduce Angels.
~ John Milton
Bacchus, that first from out the purple grapeCrush'd the sweet poison of misused wine.
~ John Milton
Thus Belial with words cloth'd in reason's garbCounsel'd ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth,Not peace.
~ John Milton
The infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile,Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceiv'dThe mother of mankind.
~ John Milton
The serpent subtlest beast of all the field.
~ John Milton
To reign is worth ambition though in hell:Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
~ John Milton
Her rash hand in evil hourForth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat:Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat,Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woeThat all was lost.
~ John Milton
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin Surprise thee, and her black attendant, Death.
~ John Milton
Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.
~ John Milton
And out of good still to find means of evil.
~ John Milton
So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
~ John Milton
Better reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
~ John Milton, Paradise Lost