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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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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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What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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

by Lord Byron Found in: Vice Quotes, Virtue Quotes,
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]

by Saint Aurelius Augustine Found in: Vice Quotes,
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The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

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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?

by Alexander Pope Found in: Vice Quotes,
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If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

by Seneca Found in: Vice Quotes,
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