A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.

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.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

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.

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.