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    O, what a mansion have those vices got
    Which for their habitation chose out thee,
    Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
    And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!

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Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

by Antoine Rivarol Found in: Vice Quotes,
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There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

by Tacitus Found in: Vice Quotes,
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The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

by Elizabeth Taylor Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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.

by Hosea Ballou Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Vice Quotes,
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The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

by Thomas Browne Found in: Vice Quotes,
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And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

by Mrs. Susannah Centlivre Found in: Vice Quotes,
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I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

by Moliere Found in: Vice Quotes, Virtue Quotes,
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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.]

by Francis Bacon Found in: Vice Quotes,
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