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.

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.

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

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.]

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.