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

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

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.

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.

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.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.