Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

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.

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.

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

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

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

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.