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Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
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.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
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.
