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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.]

by Francis Bacon Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more

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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Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Vice Quotes,
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This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

by Edwin Hubbel Chapin Found in: Vice Quotes,
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If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

by Chinese Proverbs 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 vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

by Thomas Browne Found in: Vice Quotes,
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To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Vice Quotes,
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There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Vice Quotes,
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