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To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
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.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
