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Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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!
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
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.
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
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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.]
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?
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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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.
