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There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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 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.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.