Quote by Thomas Kempis
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. – Thomas Kempis

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Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them. – John Bunyan

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Most dangerous is that temptation that doth good us on to sin to loving virtue. – William Shakespeare

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