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

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

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.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

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.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

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.

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.