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The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
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.]
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.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
