Temptation Quotes

Akhenaton
If thou wouldst preserve understanding and health to old age, avoid the allurements of Voluptuousness, and fly from her temptations...For if thou hearkenest unto the words of the Adversary, thou art deceived and betrayed. The joy which she promiseth changeth to madness, and her enjoyments lead on to diseases and death. -- Akhenaton


Boston, Thomas
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart. -- Thomas Boston


Chinese Proverb
Not wine...men intoxicate themselves; Not vice...men entice themselves. -- Chinese Proverb


Shakespeare, William
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.


Twain, Mark
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.