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Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
