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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.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more
Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
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.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
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.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
