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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 itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.
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.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
