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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
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.
