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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
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.
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.
