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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
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.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our 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.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
