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There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled read more
As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and
contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.
The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; read more
The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.
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.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay.
Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
