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Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his 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.]
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
