Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.

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.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

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.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice