The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.
The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders.
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
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