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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.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
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.
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.]
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
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.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
