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.

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.]

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more

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

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.