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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
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.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
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.
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.