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.

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.

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.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

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.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice