To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

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.

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.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

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."

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

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

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