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Every vice has its excuse ready.
Every vice has its excuse ready.
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.
What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
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.
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners -- your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards read more
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners -- your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards -- who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.
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.
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.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
