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Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
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.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
