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What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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.]

by Francis Bacon Found in: Vice Quotes,
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If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

by Junius Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
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Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.

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Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

by Quentin Crisp Found in: Vice Quotes,
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
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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.]

by Saint Aurelius Augustine Found in: Vice Quotes,
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