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To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
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.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
