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Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
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?
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
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.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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.