Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

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.

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?

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

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.]