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Temptation: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

There lurks a still and dumb-discoursive devil, That tempts most cunningly.— T. C. iv. 4.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus, Another thing to fall.— M. M. ii. J.

Most dangerous Is that temptation, that doth goad us on To sin in loving virtue.— M. M. ii. 2

Let but your honour know, (Whom I believe to be most straight in virtue) That, in the workings of your own affections, Had time coher'd with place, or place with wishing, Or that the resolute acting of your blood Could have attain'd th' effect of your own purpose, Whether you had not sometime in your life Err'd in this point, which now you censure him, And pull'd the law upon you.— M. M. ii. 1

I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross.— M. M. ii. 2

Sometimes we are devils to ourselves, When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency.— T.C. iv. 4