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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."
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.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
