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Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

by Ralph Walkdo Emerson Found in: Vice Quotes,
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The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

by Elizabeth Taylor Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

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There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.

by Thornton Wilder Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Vice Quotes,
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This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

by Edwin Hubbel Chapin Found in: Vice Quotes,
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If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

by Junius Found in: Vice Quotes,
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