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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
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.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask