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How are we to overcome temptations? Cheerfulness is the first thing,…

Quote byFrederick William Faber · 1814–1863

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Growth in Holiness (1855), Ch. XIV: "Temptations", pp. 292–293..

English (original)

How are we to overcome temptations? Cheerfulness is the first thing, cheerfulness the second, and cheerfulness the third. The devil is chained. He can bark, but he cannot bite, unless we go up to him and let him do so.

— Frederick William Faber

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