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What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
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."
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
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.
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.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
