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The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
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.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
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.
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.
