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    Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
    the rank of the offender.
    [Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
    Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]

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There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

by Tacitus Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

by William Ellery Channing Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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.

by John Dryden Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

by Aristophanes Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

by Antoine Rivarol Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

by Cynic's Calendar Found in: Vice Quotes,
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A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

by Gerald Stanley Lee Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.

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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.

by Bret Harte Found in: Vice Quotes,
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