William Shakespeare Quotes About Temptation

• 'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Temptation, Tempted

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare Quotations”, p.280, A&C Black

• Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Fire, Temptation

• O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Men, Temptation

  William Shakespeare (1871). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.260

• Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency.

  William Shakespeare

  Evil, Temptation, Sometimes

  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

• Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, When gold and silver becks me to come on.

  William Shakespeare

  Book, Temptation, Gold

  'King John' (1591-8) act 3, sc. 3, l. 12

• Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

  William Shakespeare

  Light, Temptation, Devil

  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

• Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Temptation, Sin

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 180

• How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Sight, Deeds Done

  'King John' (1591-8) act 4, sc. 2, l. 219

• Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood.

  William Shakespeare

  Fire, Blood, Giving

  William Shakespeare (1797). “Works, containing his plays and poems: to which is added a glossary”, p.56

• Temptation: the fiend at my elbow.

  William Shakespeare

  Temptation, Elbows

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