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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
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.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
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.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
