Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.

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.