I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

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.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.