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    Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
    the rank of the offender.
    [Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
    Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]

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He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

by Lord Byron Found in: Vice Quotes, Virtue Quotes,
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Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.

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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.

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Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.

by Thornton Wilder Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Vice Quotes,
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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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.

by Ralph Walkdo Emerson Found in: Vice Quotes,
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The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

by Elizabeth Taylor Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

by Antoine Rivarol Found in: Vice Quotes,
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