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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
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.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
