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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.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
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.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
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.
