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Whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot.

Whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot.

Francis Quarles
Devil, May
Richard Crashaw, Francis Quarles, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems”, p.204

When the flesh presents thee with delights, then present thyself with dangers; where the world possesses thee with vain hopes, there possess thyself with true fear; when the devil brings thee oil, bring thou vinegar. The way to be safe is never to be secure.

Francis Quarles
Oil, Temptation, Devil
Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.94

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