You can't lay claim to virtue
If temptation hasn't come
For temptation is the only test
To prove that prudence won.
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The Abscam Scandal
You can't lay claim to virtue
If temptation hasn't come
For temptation is the only test
To prove that prudence won.
For it's he who's faced temptation
And placed honor far ahead
Who has earned the crown of virtue
And by him we should be led.