Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

  • -- Billy Sunday 桑代

诱惑是透过钥匙孔窥视的魔鬼。屈服是打开门,邀请他进来。

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We sometimes confuse the feeling of temptation with that of giving into temptation. The danger here is that sometimes, feeling that we have allowed ourselves to fall, we despair of ourselves and allow ourselves to fall further.

我们有时会混淆诱惑和屈服于诱惑的感觉。这里的危险在于,有时,我们觉得自己让自己堕落了,我们对自己绝望,让自己进一步堕落。

Anger is implanted in us as sort of sting, to make us gnash with our teeth against the devil, to make us vehement against him, not to set us in array against each other.

愤怒就像一种刺,植入我们的体内,让我们咬牙切齿对抗魔鬼,让我们对他怒不可遏,而不是让我们彼此对立。

He must be a clever host that would take the devil into his hostelry.

他一定是个聪明的主人,会把魔鬼带进他的旅馆。

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

我一般会避免诱惑,除非我无法抗拒它。