Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

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.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

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.