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The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
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!
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
