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Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.
Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.
It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
