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  • Jesus said unto him, It is written again,Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew 4:7.

  • Tempt me no more; for I Have known the lightning's hour, The poet's inward pride, The certainty of power.

    - Cecil Day-Lewis
      The Magnetic Mountain, pt.3, no.24.

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