Ask the people there who have failed, who have made mistakes, why they are there, and in every case they will tell you that they are there because they yielded to temptation, because they did not ask themselves the question: "Will it pay?
He reflects on the reasons for people's failures, attributing them to yielding to temptation without considering the consequences.
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