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The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.