It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.

It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

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.

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

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

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.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice