I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

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.