No One Falls Suddenly

For no one is ever driven to sin by being provoked through another’s fault, unless he has the fuel of evil stored up in his own heart. Nor should we imagine that a man has been deceived suddenly when he has looked at a woman and fallen into the abyss of shameful lust. Rather, the opportunity of looking at her has brought to the surface the symptoms of a disease that lay hidden and concealed in his inmost soul.