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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
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."
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have read more
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
