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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.