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Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
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.
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
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.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
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.
