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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
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.
