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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.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
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.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
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!
