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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]

by Saint Aurelius Augustine Found in: Vice Quotes,
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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.

by Junius 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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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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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.

by Bret Harte Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]

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Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.

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To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Vice Quotes,
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Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

by Quentin Crisp Found in: Vice Quotes,
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