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

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

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

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.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

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.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.