I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices