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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
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!
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."
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.
