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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.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
