Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.

Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.

I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.

I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.

To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.