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Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
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.]
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
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.
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.
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.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
