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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.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
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.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
 Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
 But shall the dignity of vice be lost?  
 Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
 But shall the dignity of vice be lost? 
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.