You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
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.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
