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Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
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.]
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.
Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.
Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
