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!

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

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.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.