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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!
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.