Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

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

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

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?

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

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.

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.