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The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is 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!
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.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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."
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
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.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
