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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
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.
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.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
