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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."
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
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Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.
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.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
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.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.
