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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
