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Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
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.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
