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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.]
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
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.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.