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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.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
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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.
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.
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.
