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Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
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!
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.
