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.]

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
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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.]

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.