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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.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
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.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
