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The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
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?
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 gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
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.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
