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Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
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.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
