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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?
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
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.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
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.
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.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
