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Nothing restrains the tempter; nothing guards the tempted.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Nothing restrains the tempter; nothing guards the tempted.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke notes the lack of restraint on those who tempt others into wrongdoing.
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