Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, read more

Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.