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The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.
Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.
Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.
Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.
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.
Every vice has its excuse ready.
Every vice has its excuse ready.
Vice is such a hideous creature, that the more you see of it the better you like it.
Vice is such a hideous creature, that the more you see of it the better you like it.
What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.
His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.
The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.
The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.