Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.

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.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

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.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores