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What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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.
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!
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
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 knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
