William Shakespeare Quotes about Temptation
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 180
William Shakespeare (2014). “The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare Quotations”, p.280, A&C Black
Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, When gold and silver becks me to come on.
'King John' (1591-8) act 3, sc. 3, l. 12
William Shakespeare (1867). “Works. The Text Carefully Restored According to the First Editions: With Introductions, Notes Original and Selected, and a Life of the Poet”, p.472
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed (1778). “The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: With Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.459
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!
William Shakespeare (1871). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.260