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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.]
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
