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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.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
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.
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
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?
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]
