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Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
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!
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.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.