Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

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.

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.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

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

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