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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
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.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
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.
