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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
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 itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
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.
