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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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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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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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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.

by John Dryden Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Vice 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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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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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.

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