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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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Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

by John Ray 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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The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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.

by Thornton Wilder Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

by Quentin Crisp 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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Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

by Ralph Walkdo Emerson Found in: Vice Quotes,
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