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One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more
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.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
