Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

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.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

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.

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores