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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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.
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more
Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.