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To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
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.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
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.]
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
