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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
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.]
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?
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more
Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.
