Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

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.

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.

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.