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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."
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
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?
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
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.]
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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.
