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.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

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

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

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.]

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.