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What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
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.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
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.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.