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Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
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.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
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.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
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.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
