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.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

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.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.