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

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

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.