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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.

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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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.

by Hosea Ballou Found in: Vice Quotes,
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What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Vice Quotes,
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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

by Moliere Found in: Vice Quotes, Virtue Quotes,
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Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

by Alexander Pope Found in: Vice Quotes,
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The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

by Thomas Browne Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

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

by Aristophanes Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

by John Dryden Found in: Vice Quotes,
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