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To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
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
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 worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
