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The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
