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The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more
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.]
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
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
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
