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The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
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.]
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.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
