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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.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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.
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.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without 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.
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?
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
