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Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.
Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.
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!
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.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
