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A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
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.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
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 gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
