Voltaire: Alas! how can we always resist? The devil tempts us, and the flesh is weak.

Alas! how can we always resist? The devil tempts us, and the flesh is weak. — Voltaire

Alas! how can we always resist? The devil tempts us, and the flesh is weak.

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