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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
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.
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]
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.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.