Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

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.]

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.

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.

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

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.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

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.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.