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The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
