Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

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 heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

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.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.